- Date
- June 15, 1989, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57946Boeing A-75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890615015689A
- Case key
- 32297
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Probable cause
The biplane pilot failed to see and avoid the collision with the banner being towed by the other airplane.
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 nrthbnd banner towing biplane collided with the banner being towed by the southbnd J-3 while flying abt 500 ft & abt 200 yds off shore. The banner tangled in the frt section of the biplane & it did abt 3/4 spin into the ocean at abt a 60-DEG angle. Both acft had been operating in the dab arsa w/o the req radio clrnce. The owner of the biplane said the plt had been having personal problems prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57946
- Reported as
- Boeing A-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-2109
- Airframe hours
- 4,206
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doan Helicopters, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1989
- Departed
- 34J · New Smyrna, 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,705 total · 300 in this make and model · 314 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 5 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 N57946 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.