- Date
- August 5, 1992, 16:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Littleton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4037EPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920805030349A
- Case key
- 18231
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Probable cause
Inadvertent stall during final approach to landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While conducting a banner tow flight, the pilot accidently picked up the banner on the main landing gear instead of the tow hook. During final approach while attempting to land with the banner in tow, attached to the main landing gear, the aircraft stalled prior to touchdown and nosed over at touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4037E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-780903
- Airframe hours
- 1,734
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Banner Advertising
- Registered owner
- Banner Advertising
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1992
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,440 total · 175 in this make and model · 5,361 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N4037E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.