- Date
- May 29, 1988, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Colts Neck, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5202GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880529071609A
- Case key
- 36155
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Probable cause
Loss of power due ot vapor lock of the aircraft engine and an off airport landing and collision with an object.
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
The plt reported that shortly after picking up the banner to be towed, eng RPM began to drop. He switched tanks and dropped the banner but altitude still could not be maintained. A landing was set up and the flaps set at 45 degrees. Touchdown was in a land fill and during landing roll out, the aircraft collided with a 10' high chain link fence. Aircraft had STC for auto fuel and auto fuel was used. Temperature was 92 degrees and the operator said that he had experienced vapor lock with some of his other aircraft that day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5202G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22433
- Airframe hours
- 3,820
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Airways Advertising
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- Colts Neck, NJ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,598 total · 496 in this make and model · 2,843 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.