Cessna 150G N4004J

Summary

On 17 May 1986 at about 16:35 local time, a Cessna 150G registered N4004J, operated by Atlantic Coastal Aerial Advt, was involved in an accident near Selbyville, Delaware, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 May 1986 at 16:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Selbyville, Delaware, United States

Nearest airport

Warrington Airport (ON7)

Coordinates

38.4700, -75.1709

Aircraft

Cessna 150G

Registration

N4004J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Atlantic Coastal Aerial Advt

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO86LA026

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT IMPACTED TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE A BANNER AT THE DROP ZONE. THE ACFT WAS REPORTEDLY EQUIPPED WITH SEPARATE TOWING AND RELEASE MECHANISMS, SO THAT UP TO FOUR BANNERS COULD BE TOWED IN SUCCESSION WITHOUT THE ACFT HAVING TO LAND. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE RELEASE MECHANISM FOR THE BANNER IN TOW DURING THE ACCIDENT HAD FAILED TO RELEASE. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION; WHEN THE SUSPECT MECHANISM WAS ACTUATED AFTER THE CRASH, IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. EXAMINATION ALSO REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE OTHER MECHANISMS WAS IN THE RELEASE POSITION. AFTER THE ATTEMPTED BANNER DROP, THE PLT REPORTEDLY BEGAN A CLIMB WITHOUT CHECKING TO SEE IF THE BANNER HAD RELEASED, AND DID NOT USE THE CLIMB PROCEDURE NECESSARY FOR A BANNER IN TOW.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.