# Accident 19990927030499A: Cessna A150L, Detroit, MI, September 27, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1999, 17:05 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4124° N, 83.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4124&lon=-83.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40LM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40LM-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150L (registry code 2071828, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990927030499A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1999, AT 1705 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150, N40LM, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT NOSE DIVED INTO THE GROUND WHILE IN A DOWNWIND CLIMB AT THE DETROIT CITY AIRPORT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING USED IN BANNER TOW OPERATIONS. THE AIRPLANE HAD HOOKED THE BANNER, BUT CUT IT LOOSE WHEN THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO STALL. THE PILOT REQUESTED A GO AROUND AND HAD TURNED DOWNWIND WHEN THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED TOLEDO, OHIO, AT 1545 EDT AND HAD FLOWN TO DETROIT CITY AIRPORT FOR THE BANNER TOW FLIGHTS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.                                                    (-23)THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING BANNER TOWING OPERATION AT KDET ON RUNWAY 25 THE WINDS WERE COMING FROM 180 TO 14 KNOTS.  AS THE PILOT APPROACH THE BANNER WHICH HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOIST, HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SPOTTER ON THE GROUND WHICH STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS TO LOW.  THE PILOT BEGAN TO PULL UP.  THE TAIL HOOK OF THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE ALUMINUM BANNER HOIST ROD AND MISSED THE BANNER.  THE PILOT MADE A TIGHT LEFT BANK AND LOST  CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE ONE COMPLETE SPIN AND AS THE PILOT BEGAN TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT THE LEFT MAIN TIRE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN, NOSE TIRE AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AND IMPACTED THE GRASSY AREA ABOUT TWENTY FEET FROM THE FIRST IMPACT AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE A SECOND TIME FOR APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN FEET AND THEN SLID FOR ABOUT FIVE FEET AND CAME TO REST ON A BLAST FENCE.

## 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 CHI99LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA349), Sep 27, 1999: Cessna 150 (N40LM), Detroit, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane which resulted in the inadvertent spin. A factor was the pilot snagged the banner pole.

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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