- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Oakland, MD · OAKLAND, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1859GChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625026249A
- Case key
- 141727
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1222 78/6/25 OAKLAND,MD CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1425 N1859G PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 31, 3700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARRETT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-PLACED BANNER IN 2FT HIGH GRASS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- BANNER SNAGGED IN GRASS DRG PICK-UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1859G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garrett County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.