# Incident 19970802026649I: Cessna 175, Huntington Beac, CA, August 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1997, 14:45 local time
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6713E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6713E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970802026649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THIS PILOT WAS TOWING A VERY LARGE BANNER AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL AT AN ESTIMATED 200 YARDS OFF SHORE. DURING A RIGHT TURN, THE BANNER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE WATER (PACIFIC OCEAN), CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLOW TO THE POINT OF STALL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, THE PILOT RELEASED THE BANNER INTO THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED SLIGHTLY, PITCHED DOWN,AND DIVED TOWARD THE SHORE, DIRECTLY TOWARD LIFEGUARD SHACK #14. BEACHGOERS SCATTERED IN ALL DIRECTIONS AS THE AIRPLANE DIVED TOWARD THE BEACH. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RECOVERED FROM THE STALLED CONDITION AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE BEACH. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN A CLIMB AND FLEW INLAND. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY TOWING A "DOUBLE" BANNER. THE EYE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE REAR-MOST BANNER CONTACTED THE WATER AND WAS TORN LOOSE AND SANK BEFORE IT COULD BE RECOVERED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND STALLED, THE PILOT RELEASED THE REMAINING BANNER, WHICH WAS RECOVERED BY THE LIFE GUARD RESCUE BOAT.

## Other reports on N6713E (1)

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

- [Accident 20020524011509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020524011509A), May 24, 2002: Cessna 175 (N6713E), Anaheim, CA, No damage. (-23) On may 24, 2002, at approximately 1638 PDT, a Cessna 175 aircraft, registration number N6713E, collided with a block wall during an off airport forced…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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