Cessna 340 N47BP

Summary

On 23 May 2022 at about 17:33 local time, a Cessna 340 registered N47BP, operated by Lakeside Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 May 2022 at 17:33

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

St Pete - Clearwater (PIE)

Coordinates

27.9086, -82.6865

Aircraft

Cessna 340

Registration

N47BP

Category

Airplane

Year built

1973

Engines

2

Operator

Lakeside Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA250

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inability to stop the airplane on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with an airport perimeter fence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that before he departed, he tested the airplane’s brakes and they functioned normally. He then departed, made one circuit in the traffic pattern, and landed about 500 to 1,000 ft beyond the first intersection located at the approach end of the 9,730-ft-long runway. The pilot said the brakes were not working during the landing roll-out and he was unable to stop or slow on the remaining runway. The pilot veered the airplane off the left side of the runway, traveled another 1,800 ft and impacted the airport’s perimeter fence resulting in substantial damage to the airplane’s fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airplane’s brakes revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.