# Accident 19890128065752A: Cessna 305A, Blairstown, NY, January 28, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NY
- Airport: Blairstown Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5300G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5300G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Reported engine: CONT O47011B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,766 total, 1,217 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890128065752A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GLIDER 8612R OVER-CONTROLLED IN TURBULENCE ON TOW CLIMB. TOWPLANE RELEASED LINE, STALLED AND CRASHED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8612R, Scwzer SGS126C: [Accident 19890128065751A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890128065751A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC89FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA074), Jan 28, 1989: Cessna 305A (N5300G), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: DELAYS BY BOTH PILOTS IN RELEASING THE GLIDER TOW LINE AFTER THE GLIDER PILOT ALLOWED THE GLIDER TO MANEUVER EXCESSIVELY ABOVE THE TOW AIRCRAFT. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS.

## Other reports on N5300G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060120000649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060120000649A), Jan 20, 2006: Cessna 305A (N5300G), Seboeis Plantat, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) During an attempted landing to an ice-covered lake the aircraft struck a heavy gauge telephone cable that was suspended across the south side of the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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