- Date
- July 21, 1979
- Place
- Quincy, MA · QUINCY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5284GCessna 305A
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790721018109A
- Case key
- 135228
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1880 79/7/21 QUINCY,MA CESSNA 305A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1682 TIME - 1220 N5284G PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MA LAWRENCE,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AERIAL BANNER TOW.ENG CRANKSHAFT BROKEN IN NR ONE MAIN JOURNAL,SIGNS OF TURNING.LNDD IN QUARRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5284G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5284G · 1
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