- Date
- August 27, 1980
- Place
- Newburyport, MA · NEWBURYPORT, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5168GCessna 305
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800827037679A
- Case key
- 129428
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1740 80/8/27 NEWBURYPORT,MA CESSNA 305 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 519 TIME - 1500 N5168G PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 187 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLUM ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWBURYPORT,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- DRG BANNER PICKUP,GRAPPLING HOOK/ROPE JAMMED ELEVATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5168G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plum Island
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.