Cessna 305A N5291G

Summary

On 14 March 1985 at about 18:05 local time, a Cessna 305A registered N5291G was involved in an accident near Sugar Loaf Key, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 March 1985 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Sugar Loaf Key, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Sugarload Shores (7X1)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 305A

Registration

N5291G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sugarloaf Key → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA85LA119

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ENGINE FAILED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF AND THE ACFT LANDED IN A FIELD NORTH OF THE ARPT, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND NOSED OVER. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM SHOWS THAT THE ACFT MICRON FUEL FILTER WAS CONTAMINATED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CAUSED INSUFFICIENT FUEL FLOW, RESULTING IN THE ENGINE FAILURE AT THE SUSTAINED TAKEOFF POWER SETTING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.