# Accident 19900715025629A: Cessna 305A, Fruitdale, AL, July 15, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1990, 11:50 local time
- Place: Fruitdale, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3395° N, 88.4101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3395&lon=-88.4101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5301G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5301G) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900715025629A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED CIRCLING AT LOW ALTITUDE. WING HIT TREE. CRASHED  INTO GROUND. PILOT TESTED POSITIVE ALCOHOL.

## 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 ATL90FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA144), Jul 15, 1990: Cessna 305A (N5301G), Fruitdale, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT BY ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE THE AIRPLANE WHILE IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL.

## Other reports on N5301G (1)

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

- [Accident 20221210018619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221210018619A), Dec 10, 2022: Cessna 305A (N5301G), Alabaster, AL, Substantial damage. Upon landing on runway 16 at the Shelby County Airport (eet), the tail wheel mechanism failed causing the pilot to lose control as the aircraft swerved to 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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