- Date
- May 2, 1986, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90985Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860502015709A
- Case key
- 31619
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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
During a pickup of an aerial advertising banner the acft struck the pickup bridle with the left main landing gear. He stated that he was unable to climb. The acft then stalled and crashed along the arpt boundary in a swamp.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90985
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 345-73
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-L4C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Snyder Aero Advertising
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Lowrey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 34J · New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport
- 34J · New Smyrna Beach
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 360 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 11 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.
Other investigations on N90985 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.