- Date
- June 2, 1989, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Myrtle Beach, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1652GChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890602014079A
- Case key
- 8036
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Probable cause
The improper installation/modification of the banner tow system, which jammed the rudder during a landing. The wind and terrain conditions were related factors.
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 dropping a banner, the plt elected to make a 3-point lndg at a small pvt arpt with the wnd gusting to 15 KTS. He rprtd that just before touchdown, the acft enctrd a downdraft & he increased back pressure on the control stick to break the descent. The acft contacted the rwy tail 1st & bounced slightly. It then swerved to the left, went off the rwy & nosed over in an adjacent bean field. An exam of the acft revealed the rudder had contacted one of the banner tow hooks & was jammed to the left. The banner tow installation had recently been modified from a single hook to a multiple hook sys. In a letter dated 5/31/89, the FAA notified the facility which performed the modification that the multiple hook installation could not be approved as submitted (on FAA form 337).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1652G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 122
- Airframe hours
- 2,575
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Barnstormers Flt. Signs, Inc
- Registered owner
- Barnstormer Flite Signs, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1989 · 64 hours before
- Airport
- Barnstormer Field, runway 23, 2,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 852 total · 65 in this make and model · 788 as pilot in command · 142 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYR, 15 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.
Other investigations on N1652G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.