Cessna 305A(0-1A) accident near Marietta, Georgia, October 10, 1985
On October 10, 1985 at about 6:05 pm local time, a Cessna 305A(0-1A), registered N9623Q, was substantially damaged in an accident near Marietta, Georgia (Mccollum airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 10, 1985 · about 6:05 pm local time
- Place
- Marietta, Georgia · Mccollum · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 305A(0-1A) · all 305A(0-1A)s on the register
- Registration
- N9623Q · registry record · serial 22840
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
AIRCRAFT WAS ON TOUCH AND GO LANDING. PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY. FLAPS WERE NOT RAISED DURING GO AROUND AND PILOT STATED HE LOST IT. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT AFTER INITIAL LIFT OFF FOR GO AROUND TOUCHED DOWN REPEATEDLY,WITH SECOND TOUCHDOWN IN GRASS OFF RUNWAY. WHEN AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT FLY PILOT REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND STEERED AIRCRAFT TO RIGHT. LEFT WING TIP STRUCK TREE YAWING AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES WHERE IT CAME TO REST. PILOT HAD 12 HOURS IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT ALL WITHIN PREVIOUS 60 DAYS. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WINDSOCK WAS LIMP.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land; instrument: airplane; instrument: helicopter; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 3,857 hours in all; 12 in this make and model; 124 in the last 90 days; 9 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 5,708 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, June 12, 1985; 45 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,100 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-470-11B (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Atlanta Navy Flying Club
The flight
- Departed from: NCQ Mariettea GA at 2:45 pm
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway 27, 4,591 ft by 75 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 4,000 ft
- Temperature: 75°F (24°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 8:55 pm from MGE
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N9623Q the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ATL86LA004.