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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 175A · Panama City Bea, FL · June 22, 1997

Date: June 22, 1997 · 15:00 local
Place: Panama City Bea, FL
Airport: Buchanan Stol
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6844E
NTSB investigation: NTSBATL97LA089
Reported as: Cessna 175A
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 528 total179 in this make and model128 in the last 90 days

N6844ERegistration cancelled Jul 5, 2011 · Cessna 175AS/N 56344 · Built 1959 Airframe modelCessna 175A Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Cut short banner tow due thunderstorms. Dropped banner over grass strip. Unable stop landing. Overran into ditch. (-23) pilot landed aircraft on 1000 ft. wet grass runway, after conducting tow banner operations. Upon landing, pilot discovered there was no braking action. Pilot ran off the runway, into ditch and nose gear was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

CUT SHORT BANNER TOW DUE THUNDERSTORMS. DROPPED BANNER OVER GRASS STRIP. UNABLE STOP LANDING. OVERRAN INTO DITCH. (-23) PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON 1000 FT. WET GRASS RUNWAY, AFTER CONDUCTING TOW BANNER OPERATIONS. UPON LANDING, PILOT DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. PILOT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY, INTO DITCH AND NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ATL97LA089Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPanama City Bch, FLfailure of the pilot to account for the reduced braking effectiveness on the wet/grass airstrip, which resulted in an overrun and encounter with a ditch. Factors relating to the accident were: failure of the pilot to obtain weather information before…Jun 22, 1997 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N6844E · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20040828019599INormal Cruise · Panama City, FL(-23) While conducting banner tow operation, pilot noticed progressive knocking from engine, and loss of power. Pilot felt engine would not continue to develop power due to vibration and odor. Elected to land on beach after jettisoning banner. Landed with no…Aug 28, 2004 Incident 20000620033559IParachute Jumping · Panama City, FL(-23)At approximately 1755 EST 06/20/2000, [privacy data omitted] jumped from N6844E at 3,000 ft MSL as a skydiver. Eyewitnesses report a normal chute deployment followed by various maneuvers during descent. At approximately 300' AGL while approaching the…Jun 20, 2000 · 1 fatal