Champion 7GCAA N9692S

Summary

On 3 August 1988 at about 17:10 local time, a Champion 7GCAA registered N9692S, operated by Phoenix Flight Signs, was involved in an accident near N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 August 1988 at 17:10

Classification

Accident

Location

N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Grand Strand (CRE)

Coordinates

33.8190, -78.6706

Aircraft

Champion 7GCAA

Registration

N9692S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Phoenix Flight Signs

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA225

Nobody was 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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.