# NTSB NYC88LA168: Cessna 305A, N14418, Colts Neck, NJ, June 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1988, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Colts Neck, NJ
- Location: 40.2876° N, 74.1724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colts Neck, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2876&lon=-74.1724&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36170
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36170/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA168

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, maneuvering
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - towing/advertising/external load equipment - entangled (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - external load equipment - not corrected

## Analysis

DURING A BANNER PICK UP ATTEMPT, THE TOW ROPE BECAME AFFIXED TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE THE BANNER AND LANDED WITH IT STILL ATTACHED. UPON LANDING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL ROSE ABRUPTLY AND THE PROPELLER DUG INTO THE TURF. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL ON ITS NOSE AND RIGHT WING TIP AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14418](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14418), registered now, S/N 22688 (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: 22688
- Airframe hours: 5842
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-11 213 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Operator: Airways Advertising
- Registered owner: Airway Advertising
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 14, 1988, 21 hours before
- Departed: N61, COLTS NECK, NJ
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: N61, Colts Neck, runway 7, 2,560 × 120 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 6,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 6,000 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880618037349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880618037349I), Jun 18, 1988: Cessna 305A, Colts Neck, NJ, Substantial damage. Pilot hooked banner on the landing gear and the aircraft nosed over on landing.

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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