# Accident 20111017023859A: Cessna 172N, Abita Springs, LA, October 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2011, 18:20 local time
- Place: Abita Springs, LA
- Airport: St. Tammany Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4450° N, 89.9889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4450&lon=-89.9889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2401E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2401E-2017-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111017023859A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DROPPING BANNER AT KL31 ON A SOUTHBOUND HEADING EAST OF RUNWAY 18/36 AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL. AFTER RELEASING THE BANNER THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND THEN FELT A SURGE WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS CAUSED BY THE BANNER FAILING TO RELEASE. HE RECHECKED THE RELEASE MECHANISM AND THEN THE LEFT WING DROPPED. THE PILOT RECOVERED TO WINGS LEVEL. THE PLANE DID NOT ACCELERATE, BUT STRUCK THE GROUND ON THE NOSEWHEEL AND FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE STALL WARNING HORN BUT MAY HAVE FELT SHAKING PRIOR TO  THE WING DROPPING. BANNER WAS FOUND ABOUT 200 YARDS BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT LOCATION.

## 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 CEN12CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA030), Oct 17, 2011: Cessna 172N (N2401E), Covington, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a banner drop, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N2401E (2)

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

- [Incident 20060925025789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060925025789I), Sep 25, 2006: Cessna 172N (N2401E), Abita Springs, LA. (-23) Pilot departed st tammany regional (L31) on banner towing mission over the city of new orleans. Aircraft carried 43 gallons of fuel with 40 usable. Pilot…
- [Accident 19981113034739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981113034739A), Nov 13, 1998: Cessna 172N (N2401E), Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. On November 13, 1998, at 1600 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 172N, N2401E, force landed in rough terrain 15 miles west of Prescott Arizona, following a…

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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