# Accident 19910709054049A: Cessna L19, Franconia, NH, July 9, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1991, 17:00 local time
- Place: Franconia, NH
- Airport: Franconia Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1960° N, 71.7507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCONIA (1B5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1960&lon=-71.7507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5237G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5237G) (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 L19
- Reported engine: CONT O47011BC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 346 total, 21 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910709054049A

## Narrative

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

RELEASED GLIDER TOW OVER A RIDGE. ENCOUNTERED SEVERE DOWNDRAFT. WENT INTO SPIN,RECOVERED JUST PRIOR STRIKING TREES.

## 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 NYC91LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA177), Jul 9, 1991: Cessna L-19 (N5237G), Franconia, NH, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL/SPIN AND IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING BY THE PILOT AND…

## Other reports on N5237G (1)

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

- [Accident 20030925028849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030925028849A), Sep 25, 2003: Cessna 305A (N5237G), New Richmond, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) While landing runway 14 at New Richmond, Wisconsin (krnh) pilot in command of N5237G explained that he had encountered a right crosswind. This crosswind…

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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