- Date
- July 10, 1988, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Staten Island, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7523FChampion 7GBC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880710026089A
- Case key
- 36180
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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 pilot stated that after flying into a thunderstorm he encountered strong turbulence, heavy downdrafts and rain, which forced him into the water. When he realized that he was going down he dropped the banner he was towing 'but the airplane didn't want to keep flying even though I had full power.' The acft sank after about 10 minutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7523F
- Reported as
- Champion 7GBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-70
- Airframe hours
- 2,532
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- United Aerial Advertising, doing business as Garrett Flight Center
- Registered owner
- United Aerial Advertising Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- 4NY7 · E. Moriches, NY
- Destination
- BLM · Farmingdale, NJ
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 55 in this make and model · 315 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.