- Date
- August 25, 1985, 08:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- League City, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6393TCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850825040269A
- Case key
- 21837
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt, while setting up for an aerial banner tow pick up, failed to properly divide his attention between his flt duties and observing another acft which was also in the traffic pattern. He allowed the acft to stall without sufficientalt to recover before ground impact occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6393T
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21146
- Airframe hours
- 5,534
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Dittert, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- SPX · League City, TX
- Airport
- SPX · Houston Gulf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,855 total · 2,602 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6393T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.