ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370101
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 August 1988 |
| Time: | 14:10 LT |
| Type: |  Champion 7GCAA |
| Owner/operator: | Phoenix Flight Signs |
| Registration: | N9692S |
| MSN: | 126 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3836 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-A25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N. Myrtle Beach, 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 |
THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A LOW PASS OVER THE BANNER STAGING AREA TO DROP A BANNER; THE RELEASE MECHANISM IN THE COCKPIT FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE BANNER REMAINED IN TOW. XWIND CONDITIONS BLEW THE BANNER INTO ANOTHER BANNER ON THE GROUND WHICH WAS AWAITING PICK-UP. THE BANNER-IN-TOW BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE GROUND BANNER AND PULLED IT ALOFT. THE PLT STATED THAT HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND. AT ABOUT 20 FT AGL, HE PULLED THE POWER TO 'SAVE (THE) ENGINE'; THE AIRPLANE 'QUIT FLYING' AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND. THE MAIN LDG GEAR COLLAPSED ON IMPACT. POST-CRASH EXAM OF THE AIRPLANE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE BANNER RELEASE CABLE HAD SEPARATED AT A NICOPRESS SPLICE. THE OPERATOR HAD SPLICED ADDITIONAL CABLE TO LENGTHEN THE CABLE WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED IN THIS AIRPLANE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL88LA225
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 April 1987 | N1653G | Budd B. Palmer | 0 | Rock Rover, WY | |
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| 20 August 2006 | N1655G | Private | 0 | Clear, Alaska | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 07:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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