- Date
- July 27, 1991, 11:57 local (16:57 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66365Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910727030309A
- Case key
- 15131
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent stall/spin during low altitude maneuvers. Related factors are ground personnel's inadequate traffic advisory, and the pilot's abrupt pull up.
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 airplane was observed overflying the airport from south southwest to north northeast about 100 feet above ground level (AGL), at a slow airspeed for a banner drop. Another airplane was seen approaching from the south about 25 feet AGL at a high rate of speed for a banner pick up. Witnesses saw the first airplane drop the banner and begin to climb out. They stated the airplane was slow, in a steep climb altitude. They reported the wings rocked back and forth, then the right wing and nose dropped suddenly. The airplane descended to the ground in what witnesses described as a 'right hand spin rotation' and came to rest in a church parking lot. Several witnesses reported the second airplane picked up the banner and began to climb out almost simultaneously, and in close proximity to the accident airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66365
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275987
- Airframe hours
- 2,609
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Andrew & Mary Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 14, 1991 · 73 hours before
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
- 19
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 170 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.