- Date
- May 29, 1986, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Berlin, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12APBellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860529019969A
- Case key
- 11247
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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
While climbing out after picking up an advertising banner the pilot of the Bellanca 7KCAB noticed that the aircraft yawed excessively to the right. After verifying that the engine was at full power. The pilot elected to drop the banner and make a precautionary landing in the overrun area of the runway. On touchdown the aircraft hit hard and the right landing gear departed the aircraft followed by the right wing striking the ground. In a reexamination given by an FAA operations inspector it was found that the pilot had been using a technique for picking up banners that caused the aircraft to come very close to a stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12AP
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 447-74
- Airframe hours
- 2,118
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ocean Aerial Ads, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- Bunting Airstrip, runway 34, 2,100 × 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 952 total · 56 in this make and model · 833 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBY, 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.