- Date
- June 13, 1992, 12:38 local (17:38 UTC)
- Place
- Brainerd, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2519FChampion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920613019889A
- Case key
- 15467
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Probable cause
An excessive pull up and failure to maintain an airspeed above stalling speed by the pilot in command.
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 pilot of the accident airplane had just departed for a banner towing flight and was maneuvering to pick up the aerial advertising banner. Witnesses to the accident observed the airplane miss the attempted pickup and start a climbing left turn. The turn got progressively steeper until the airplane stopped climbing and descended into the ground. All witnesses report the engine was running until impact. After accident examination of the wreckage disclosed no mechanical defects in the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2519F
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Loren L. Franzen
- Registered owner
- J. H. Thomas & D. M. Kneeland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility; Standard, Aerobatic; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- BRD · Crow Wing County Airport
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRD, 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.