- Date
- April 5, 1987, 15:23 local (19:23 UTC)
- Place
- New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8678VBellanca 7GCBG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870405008499A
- Case key
- 31757
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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 had just returned from a banner tow flight and had refueled. Witnesses stated that on departure the acft banked steeply during the initial climb to pick up another banner. The wings then rocked back and forth and the acft mushed until impact with a tree and then the road surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8678V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 827-75
- Airframe hours
- 6,170
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerial Messages, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 26, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 34J · Newshyrna Beach, FL
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 907 total · 80 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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.