- Date
- August 16, 1984, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N1717CBellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840816074229A
- Case key
- 6522
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After a banner tow pick-up, rudder jammed full right. Plt applied both feet to left rudder pedal in attempt to control direction of flt. Left rudder cable then failed in overload as banner engaged power line and broke free. Directional control requirements on landing exceeded capability of brakes. Acft drifted left on roll out and collided with trees. Inspection indicated tow cable entangled with left rudder horn during pick-up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1717C
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3
- Airframe hours
- 1,736
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen W. Owens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1984
- Airport
- Atlantic Air Park
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.