- Date
- August 1, 1988, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Selbyville, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5682GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880801033639A
- Case key
- 11427
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was in the process of picking up a banner when the aircraft stalled and crashed into a wooded area. The banner was picked up at an airspeed of 80 mph and the acft altitude was increased to 250 ft AGL. The pilot reported that the wings of the acft rocked back and forth and the acft became unstable. The tow banner was then released, the acft stalled and descended into a wooded area in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5682G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071182
- Airframe hours
- 4,044
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Atlantic Costal Aerial Ads, doing business as Sky Banners
- Registered owner
- Thomas Calvanelli
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1988 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- 0N7 · Selbyville, DE
- Airport
- ON7 · Warrington, runway 32, 2,250 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,424 total · 473 in this make and model · 1,309 as pilot in command · 231 in the last 90 days · 107 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBY, 16 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.