ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358742
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| Date: | Sunday 2 July 1995 |
| Time: | 09:38 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Sky Signs Inc. |
| Registration: | N8048D |
| MSN: | 54-2592 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8586 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-B2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Conway, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE PRACTICING THE PICKUP PHASE OF A BANNER TOWING OPERATION, ON A PRIVATE STRIP, IN CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A 'POP'. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ENTERED A STEEP NOSE DIVE. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD LOST ELEVATOR EFFECTIVENESS. THE DIVE SHALLOWED OUT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS FOUND WITH THE AIRCRAFT.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN THE UNCONTROLLED DESCENT AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL95LA124
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 July 2012 | N8048D | Barnstormer Flite Signs Inc | 0 | North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 17:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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