# NTSB Accident CHI88DEC07
> **CESSNA 305A** · 1988-08-28 · GREGORY, MI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI88DEC07
- **Event ID:** 20001213X26469
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1988-08-28
- **Location:** GREGORY, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.449115, -84.079048
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 305A
- **Registration:** N5166G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

FAILURE (AT FIRST PARTIAL, THEN TOTAL) OF THE AIRCRAFT'S POWERPLANT AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND DURING THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT WITH A GLIDER IN TOW; A FORCED LANDING ENSUED, DURING WHICH THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE, A SMALL TREE, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE GLIDER RELEASED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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