From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After an uneventful banner drop, pilot was attempting to pick up second banner. The banner line was caught, and plane was executing the nose up maneuver, but continued the nose up attitude past the normal amount all the way up to near vertical, stalling the airplane. The airplane did a stall spin back to the ground. Witnesses stated plane was producing full power by the sound of the engine. Estimated nose up attitude was near vertical. Estimated height was about 150 feet. Aircraft crashed at approx the point where the banner lay in it's preped position. All of the line lay piled as it fell , indicating a near vertical descent back to the ground. No post crash fire, and first responders found the pilot deceased at the scene.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL BANNER DROP, PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP SECOND BANNER. THE BANNER LINE WAS CAUGHT, AND PLANE WAS EXECUTING THE NOSE UP MANEUVER, BUT CONTINUED THE NOSE UP ATTITUDE PAST THE NORMAL AMOUNT ALL THE WAY UP TO NEAR VERTICAL, STALLING THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE DID A STALL SPIN BACK TO THE GROUND. WITNESSES STATED PLANE WAS PRODUCING FULL POWER BY THE SOUND OF THE ENGINE. ESTIMATED NOSE UP ATTITUDE WAS NEAR VERTICAL. ESTIMATED HEIGHT WAS ABOUT 150 FEET. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT APPROX THE POINT WHERE THE BANNER LAY IN IT'S PREPED POSITION. ALL OF THE LINE LAY PILED AS IT FELL , INDICATING A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT BACK TO THE GROUND. NO POST CRASH FIRE, AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND THE PILOT DECEASED AT THE SCENE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.