# Accident 20100902046399A: Cessna 150L, Boone, IA, September 2, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2010, 09:20 local time
- Place: Boone, IA
- Airport: Boone Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0667° N, 93.8169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0667&lon=-93.8169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10128, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10128-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 597 total, 124 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA514](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA514) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100902046399A

## Narrative

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

THE BANNER TOWING AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL, LEFT WING LOW FLIGHT ATTITUDE AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BELLY FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL,  APPROXIMATELY 2 SM NORTHEAST OF BOONE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KBNW), BOONE, IA . THE BANNER WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 900' NORTH OF THE FUSELAGE. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.  ACCORDING TO AN EYE WITNESS,THE BANNER BEHIND THE PLANE WAS SPINNING LIKE A KITE OUT OF CONTROL, THEN GOT CAUGHT IN THE CORN. THE PLANE DROPPED THE BANNER THEN GAINED A LITTLE ALTITUDE AND THEN WENT STRAIGHT DOWN.

## 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 CEN10LA514](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA514), Sep 2, 2010: Cessna 150L (N10128), Boone, IA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while performing low-level banner towing operations with a gusting wind.

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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