Piper PA-18A-150 N74815

Summary

On 30 June 1987 at about 14:10 local time, a Piper PA-18A-150 registered N74815, operated by Phoenix Flight Signs, Inc., was involved in an accident near No.myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 June 1987 at 14:10

Classification

Accident

Location

No.myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Grand Strand (CRE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-18A-150

Registration

N74815

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Phoenix Flight Signs, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

N. Myrtle Beach → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87FA194

1 person was seriously injured.

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 AIRPLANE WAS MANEUVERING AT 350 FT AGL IN PREPARATION FOR A BANNER PICK-UP WHEN IT ENTERED A SPIN AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED TREES AND THE TERRAIN. THE PLT STATED THAT HE 'FAILED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE' WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPLOY A BANNER TOW LINE, AND THAT IT STALLED AND BEGAN TO SPIN. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SPIN BUT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE DESCENT BEFORE THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TREES AND THE TERRAIN. THE PLT REPORTEDLY HAD 38 HOURS TOTAL BANNER-TOWING EXPERIENCE. THE AIRPLANE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THIS WAS TO BE THE PLT'S FIRST BANNER TOW WITH HIS OPERATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.