Cessna 305A accident near Madison, Connecticut, September 3, 1984
On September 3, 1984 at about 3:00 pm local time, a Cessna 305A, registered N11SU, was substantially damaged in an accident near Madison, Connecticut. It was an instructional 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
- September 3, 1984 · about 3:00 pm local time
- Place
- Madison, Connecticut
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 305A · all 305As on the register
- Registration
- N11SU · registry record · serial 227100
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
PURPOSE OF FLT WAS FAM IN THIS MAKE/MODEL FOR FRONT SEAT PLT BY REAR SEAT CHECK-OUT PLT. PREFLIGHT FUEL QUANTITY WAS CHECKED BY REF TO GAGES ONLY. LEFT TANK READ 1/2 FULL. NEITHER PLT RECALLED RT TANK READING. AFTER TAKEOFF, AT ABOUT 150 FT, COMPLETE PWR LOSS OCCURRED. CHECK PLT UNBUCKLED RESTRAINT SYSTEM, MOVED FWD TO SWITCH FUEL TANK SELECTOR (ORIGINAL POSITION NOT SPECIFIED) AND TURN ON FUEL BOOST PUMP, BOTH ITEMS ACCESSABLE TO FRONT SEAT PLT, WHO INITIATED A TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT. INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE REMAINED TO COMPLETE MANEUVER. ACFT WAS FORCE LANDED IN SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS.
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: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; multi-engine sea; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane; instrument: helicopter; rotorcraft: glider; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 10,365 hours in all; 1 in this make and model; 248 in the last 90 days; 9,936 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,147 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, April 29, 1984; 85 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,100 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-470-11B (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Shoreline Aviation
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 060° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 2,500 ft; not recorded at 2,500 ft
- Temperature: 61°F (16°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 |
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 docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site 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 NYC84LA302.