- Date
- August 9, 1992, 13:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place
- Manteo, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N11912Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920809029959A
- Case key
- 8642
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Probable cause
The delayed level off by the pilot, during the banner pick-up, which resulted in the entanglement of the banner with the horizontal stabilizer.
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
During banner tow operations, the pilot was attempting to pick-up the banner. A gust of wind disturbed the pick-up flight path & a go-around was begun. As the pilot entered a climbing right turn, the left horizontal stabilizer snagged the banner rope. The banner, banner rope, & the pick-up poles became entangled around the fuselage. As the pilot attempted to land the airplane, it was not aligned with the runway, therefore he landed in the grass beside the runway. One of the pick-up poles stuck in the ground, which jerked the entangled rope, & distorted fuselage longerons forward of the horizontal stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11912
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075705
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Kitty Hawk Aero Tours
- Registered owner
- Kitty Hawk Aero Tours
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- MQI
- Destination
- MQI
- Airport
- MQI · Dare Co. Regional, runway 4, 3,849 × 75 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQI, 1 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 N11912 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.