# NTSB ATL92LA155: Cessna 150L, N11912, Manteo, NC, August 9, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 9, 1992, 13:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place: Manteo, NC
- Location: 35.9115° N, 75.6802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from DARE COUNTY RGNL (MQI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9115&lon=-75.6802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8642
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL92LA155
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8642/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA155

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - sign
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - level off - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - sign
  - fuselage,longeron - distorted

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11912-2003-04-14), registration cancelled 2003-04-14, S/N 15075705, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075705
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920809029959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920809029959A), Aug 9, 1992: Cessna 150L, Manteo, NC, Substantial damage. Missed banner pickup. Stabilizer snagged line and poles on go around. Landed grass due traffic. Pole dug in ground.

## Other investigations on N11912 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA01FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA165), Jun 16, 2001: Cessna 150L (N11912), Manteo, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering after releasing a banner resulting in an inadvertent stall and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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