- Date
- July 11, 1988, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N11088Champion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880711026369A
- Case key
- 36182
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Probable cause
Loss of directional control during landing, due to a banner towing rope being wrapped around the left rudder horn.
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 banner pick-up the airplane experienced a loss of directional control. The rudder was jammed full left by the banner tow rope, and while attempting to land, the airplane ran off the runway and hit two parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11088
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74
- Airframe hours
- 1,773
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- O'Brien Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- N12 · Lakewood, NJ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- N12 · Lakewood, runway 6, 3,457 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 70
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 97 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N11088 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.