# Accident 19900707024909A: Cessna 305A, Newburyport, MA, July 7, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1990, 10:50 local time
- Place: Newburyport, MA
- Airport: Plum Island Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7954° N, 70.8394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLUM ISLAND (2B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7954&lon=-70.8394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5208G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5208G) (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 O47011
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 617 total, 99 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900707024909A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RELEASE BANNER. NOSED OVER LANDING ON GRASS WITH BANNER. UNAUTHORIZED TOW HOOK FACTORS.

## 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 NYC90LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA155), Jul 7, 1990: Cessna 305A (N5208G), Newburyport, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES FOR LANDING WITH A BANNER STILL ATTACHED, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE IMPROPER MODIFICATION OF BANNER RELEASE MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N5208G (1)

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

- [Accident 20040903023369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040903023369A), Sep 3, 2004: Cessna 305A (N5208G), Lawrence, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) On banner pick up, banner rope hooked onto right main gear, aircraft uncontrollable and crashed off end of crossing runway.

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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