- Date
- August 3, 1988, 13:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- N. Myrtle Beach, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9692SChampion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880803030129A
- Case key
- 7796
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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
The plt reported that he made a low pass over the banner staging area to drop a banner; the release mechanism in the cockpit failed to operate and the banner remained in tow. Xwind conditions blew the banner into another banner on the ground which was awaiting pick-up. The banner-in-tow became entangled in the ground banner and pulled it aloft. The plt stated that he then attempted to land. At about 20 ft AGL, he pulled the power to 'save (the) engine'; the airplane 'quit flying' and dropped to the ground. The main ldg gear collapsed on impact. Post-crash exam of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed that the banner release cable had separated at a nicopress splice. The operator had spliced additional cable to lengthen the cable when it was installed in this airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9692S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 126
- Airframe hours
- 3,836
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A25, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Phoenix Flight Signs
- Registered owner
- Thrower, Walter Henry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 22, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- CRE · Grand Strand, runway 5, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,852 total · 225 in this make and model · 1,696 as pilot in command · 415 in the last 90 days · 126 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.