# NTSB Accident ERA24LA025
> **CESSNA 305** · 2023-10-28 · Williamston, NC, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA24LA025
- **Event ID:** 20231031193329
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-10-28
- **Location:** Williamston, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.862193, -77.178201
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 305
- **Registration:** N19YM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Loss of directional control to avoid a deer during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a culvert.

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