- Date
- August 1, 1983, 11:34 local (16:34 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N88477Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830801037409A
- Case key
- 30921
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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 plt reported that as he was recovering from the 1st banner tow mission, he noted a line of cumulus buildups moving northerly from over the gulf toward the arpt. He elected not to pick up another banner. He planned just to drop the banner he was towing, then land. He also reported that the surface winds were from the east at 10 to 15 mph & had been increasing. The tower cleared him to drop the banner beside rwy 04, then to land on rwy 14. The apch & banner drop were normal. During a pull-up after the banner drop, the acft stalled & the plt was unable to recover beore impacting the ground. The surface wx observation at the time of the accident was, in part: 1600 broken, 15,000 broken, visibility 7 mi, thunderstorm, wind from 160 deg at 10 gusting 16 KTS, cumulonimbus all quadrants moving northwest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88477
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 136-75
- Airframe hours
- 2,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walker Aviation Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 26, 1982 · 693 hours before
- Airport
- PFN · Panama City/Bay City, runway 14, 6,000 × 150 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,425 total · 315 in this make and model · 4,821 as pilot in command · 295 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.