- Date
- August 17, 1985, 12:07 local (16:07 UTC)
- Place
- Brooklyn, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5250GCessna C-305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850817039089A
- Case key
- 35577
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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
During an aerial banner tow operation at low level along the beach, witnesses observed the airplane bank sharply to the right and dive into the water. Witnesses recall the engine noise to have been loud yet sputtering before the impact. Inspection of the wreckage revealed the carry thru aileron cable failed due to excessive wear and overload forces. Wire fracture analysis did not differentiate pre or post impact failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5250G
- Reported as
- Cessna C-305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23229
- Airframe hours
- 5,481
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- In-Flight Advertising , Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1985 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- COL · Colts Neck, NJ
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 87 in this make and model · 79 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK, 10 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 N5250G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.