# Accident 19980704024479A: Cessna 170A, Renton, WA, July 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1998, 12:45 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4599° N, 122.2101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4599&lon=-122.2101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1296D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1296D-2001-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,349 total, 252 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980704024479A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER PICKING UP A BANNER. GUSTY WIND AND TURBULENCE IN AREA. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS CLEARED FOR A LOW APPROACH TO PICK UP A BANNER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE BANNER PICK-UP, HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND PERFORMED THE 'NORMAL ABRUPT CLIMB.'  THE PILOT LEVELED THE AIRPLANE AT ABOUT 50 FEET WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN 'ABNORMAL SINK.'  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FAILED TO RELEASE THE BANNER AND THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE.  THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND HARD ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE SHIFTING AND THAT HE MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT.                                                 (-23)N1296D CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER PICKLY UP A BANNER DURING BANNER TOW OPERATION AT THE RENTON AIRPORT, RENTON, WA.  GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS & TURBULENCE REPORTED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA119), Jul 4, 1998: Cessna 170A (N1296D), Renton, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Failure to jettison the external load and downdrafts were factors.

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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