ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278425
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| Date: | Saturday 28 May 2022 |
| Time: | 15:14 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC |
| Registration: | N4421M |
| MSN: | 12-3375 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19928 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Myrtle Beach-Grand Strand Airport (CRE/KCRE), SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | North Myrtle Beach, SC |
| North Myrtle Beach, SC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the banner tow airplane made a low approach to pick up a banner. Witnesses reported that after the tow rope was picked up, the airplane pitched up and maintained a steep angle of attack until it entered an aerodynamic stall and made a near vertical descent to impact. The airplane came to rest in a nose-down, near-vertical position about 300 ft from the banner pick up zone. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Toxicology testing detected a low level of ethanol in the pilot's liver tissue. Some or all of the small amount of detected ethanol may have been from postmortem production. It is unlikely that ethanol effects contributed to the accident. It is likely that after the banner pickup and during initial climb, while the airplane had a high-power setting, high pitch angle, and low airspeed, the pilot exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack, and the airplane entered an aerodynamic stall from which recovery was not possible due to the airplane's low altitude.
Probable Cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in a subsequent aerodynamic stall at an altitude that was too low for recovery.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA22FA243
FAA register: FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4421M
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2022 21:01 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 28-May-2022 21:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Date] |
| 28-May-2022 22:15 | Captain Adam | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2022 23:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2022 00:50 | johnwg | Updated [Embed code, Damage, Category] |
| 29-May-2022 07:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Jun-2022 06:39 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2024 12:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 02-Feb-2024 12:26 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2024 11:56 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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