# NTSB NYC06CA060: Cessna 305A, N5300G, Seboeis, ME, January 20, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 20, 2006, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Seboeis, ME
- Coordinates: 45.368057, -68.696388
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3681&lon=-68.6964&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 30, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA FSDO-05
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63143/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA060

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines, while attempting to land on a frozen lake.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission(marked)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - water,frozen

## Analysis

While on final approach to a frozen lake surface, the ski equipped airplane struck a telephone transmission wire with the left wing breaking the wire, which then struck the vertical stabilizer separating it from the airframe. The airplane then nosed down, and impacted the frozen lake surface. The pilot stated that he did not see the wire until "the last second" and that he "tried to dive under the wire." Examination of the wire revealed that it was marked, with an aviation orange spherical marker.

## Factual narrative

While on final approach to a frozen lake surface, the ski equipped airplane struck a telephone transmission wire with the left wing breaking the wire, which then struck the vertical stabilizer separating it from the airframe. The airplane then nosed down, and impacted the frozen lake surface. The pilot stated that he did not see the wire until "the last second" and that he "tried to dive under the wire." Examination of the wire revealed that it was marked, with an aviation orange spherical marker.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5300G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5300G), registered now, S/N 22521, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 305A
- Registry model: [Cessna 305A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (registry code 2074002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22521
- Airframe hours: 5703.4
- Engines: Continental O-470-11 213 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2005, 9.6 hours before
- Departed: BGR, Bangor, ME
- Destination: NONE, Seboeis, ME

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2004; seat: front; flight hours: 443 total, 189 in this make and model, 397 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: MLT, 24 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060120000649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060120000649A), Jan 20, 2006: Cessna 305A, Seboeis Plantat, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) During an attempted landing to an ice-covered lake the aircraft struck a heavy gauge telephone cable that was suspended across the south side of the…

## Other investigations on N5300G (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 NYC89FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA074), Jan 28, 1989: Cessna 305A (N5300G), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: DELAYS BY BOTH PILOTS IN RELEASING THE GLIDER TOW LINE AFTER THE GLIDER PILOT ALLOWED THE GLIDER TO MANEUVER EXCESSIVELY ABOVE THE TOW AIRCRAFT. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS.

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.

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