- Date
- July 11, 1993, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Willoughby, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56476Maule M-6-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930711022939A
- Case key
- 11952
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during a pullup maneuver, which resulted in a stall. A factor related to the accident was the lack of altitude for recovery.
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
The purpose of the flight was to pick up and tow a banner. A witness, a groundcrew member located beneath the airplane's flight path, stated that the airplane took off and the pilot started to initiate the aerial pick up. The witness stated that he saw that the tow line was not in its correct position for banner pick up so he waved to the pilot to abort the pick up. The witness stated that the airplane side stepped the runway and then pitched up into a vertical climb and shallow left turn. The witness stated that at about 150 feet in the air, the airplane's nose fell to left and the airplane fell to the ground. The witness stated that the engine was running during the accident sequence. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any airframe or engine anomalies. The banner hitch and hitch installation were examined with no anomalies noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56476
- Reported as
- Maule M-6-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7424C
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald E. Hause
- Registered owner
- Gerald E. Hause
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1993 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- LNN
- Destination
- LNN
- Airport
- LNN · Lost Nation Muni, runway 23, 5,012 × 100 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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,272 total · 130 in this make and model · 1,146 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNN, 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 N56476 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.