# Accident 19950713018319A: Cessna 305A, Warren, VT, July 13, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1995, 15:30 local time
- Place: Warren, VT
- Airport: Warren/Sugarbush Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1300° N, 72.8172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1300&lon=-72.8172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5204G-1995-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Reported engine: CONT O47011B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31,110 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950713018319A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES LANDING AFTER GLIDER TOW. ELEVATORS JAMMED. CABLE HAD BROKEN. CABLE PULLEY SHOWED SIGNS OF BINDING.

## 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 NYC95LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA161), Jul 13, 1995: Cessna 305A (N5204G), Warren, VT, destroyed. Probable cause: a failed elevator cable which resulted in an inflight loss of control and uncontrolled contact with trees.

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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