- Date
- April 26, 1986, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2321UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860426013919A
- Case key
- 31498
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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
While on second attempt to pick up an aerial advertising banner the flight captured the banner and as it pulled up to climb out the pilot stated the aircraft would not climb. The aircraft then stalled and crashed to the ground in a nose low left wing low attitude with the banner still attached. Witnesses stated as the aircraft approached to pick up the banner it appeared to be flying slow. The banner picked up contained 41 letters according to the local police department. The pilot stated he normally never carries more than 38 letters.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2321U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249921
- Airframe hours
- 3,135
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nite Rider Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 1985 · 85 hours before
- Airport
- SPG · Albert Whitted Municipal, runway 18, 2,800 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 700 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.