- Date
- August 8, 1984, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Navarre, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N50402Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840808070329A
- Case key
- 31009
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
Low pass - performedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Plt was engaged in banner tow pick up. Prior to engaging pick up line, acft struck ground nose down. Ground scars related to impact damage show wings rotated 180 degrees from path of flight prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50402
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 296-79
- Airframe hours
- 2,036
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boomer Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1984 · 258 hours before
- Departed
- 1J9 · Navarre, FL
- Airport
- 1J9 · Ft. Walton Beach
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,902 total · 1,561 in this make and model · 1,632 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 18 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.