19831208073709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 305A · Kutztown, PA · December 8, 1983

Date
December 8, 1983 · 15:30 local
Place
Kutztown, PA
Airport
Kutztown
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5286G
Reported as
Cessna 305A
Reported engine
Continental O47015
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,220 total20 in this make and model100 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.

Engine lost power on glider tow takeoff. Glider released late. Tow plane landed in adjacent field.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON GLIDER TOW TAKEOFF. GLIDER RELEASED LATE. TOW PLANE LANDED IN ADJACENT FIELD.