- Date
- December 9, 1986, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mason, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5211GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861209081489A
- Case key
- 22307
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Private pilot of Cessna 305A ferrying aircraft from glascow, MT. To mc allen TX. Engine failed approximately 1 1/2 hours after departure from graham TX. Pilot attempted downwind landing on farm-to-market road and struck tree. Aircraft was destroyed. Pilot and co-pilot escaped injury. VFR weather conditions prevailed. No flight plan filed. Oil added to engine at graham TX. Pilot alleges FBO personnel did not replace oil filler cap. Pilot did not check filler cap on preflight. Results of engine teardown suggests failure of #6 connecting rod due to lack of lubrication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5211G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21744
- Airframe hours
- 6,350
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11B, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Shawn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1986 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- E15 · Graham, TX
- Destination
- MFE · Mc Allen, TX
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 469 total · 7 in this make and model · 469 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJT, 75 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.