19800827037679A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 305A · Newburyport, MA · August 27, 1980

Date
August 27, 1980 · 15:30 local
Place
Newburyport, MA
Airport
Plum Island
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5168G
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FA079
Reported as
Cessna 305A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
519 total187 in this make and model168 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Grappling hook on banner tow pick up wrapped on elevator, jamming same, nose down airplane nosed over landing.

As the FAA filed it

GRAPPLING HOOK ON BANNER TOW PICK UP WRAPPED ON ELEVATOR, JAMMING SAME, NOSE DOWN AIRPLANE NOSED OVER LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.