ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294561
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| Date: | Friday 3 September 2004 |
| Time: | 14:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 305A |
| Owner/operator: | Fly An Ad LLC |
| Registration: | N5208G |
| MSN: | 21936 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10554 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lawrence, Massachusetts -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Lawrence Airport, MA (LWM/KLWM) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the pilot initiated the banner pick up, moderate turbulence was encountered, and the airplane began to descend. The turbulence encounter lasted momentarily, and all of the pilot's visual cues indicated that the banner towline was picked up normally. As the airplane was climbing out, the pilot felt the airplane swerve to the right, and observed that the banner towline was hooked around the right main landing gear assembly. Realizing that the airplane was subjected to increased drag, the pilot lowered the nose, and performed a forced landing to a grass field. As the airplane neared the ground, the banner touched down first, and induced more drag on the airplane. The pilot added additional power to compensate; however, the airplane touched down hard, and continued down an embankment, where it came to rest inverted. The winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 270 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 16 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent pickup of a banner towline with the airplanes main landing gear after encountering gusting wind conditions. A factor related to the accident was the gusting wind conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC04CA202
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 July 1990 | N5208G | Visionaire | 0 | Newburyport, MA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Oct-2022 19:40 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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