Cessna 150K N5682G

Summary

On 1 August 1988 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna 150K registered N5682G, operated by Atlantic Costal Aerial ADS, was involved in an accident near Selbyville, Delaware, 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

1 August 1988 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Selbyville, Delaware, United States

Nearest airport

Warrington (ON7)

Coordinates

38.4694, -75.1698

Aircraft

Cessna 150K

Registration

N5682G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Atlantic Costal Aerial ADS

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Selbyville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO88LA070

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 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP A BANNER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA. THE BANNER WAS PICKED UP AT AN AIRSPEED OF 80 MPH AND THE ACFT ALTITUDE WAS INCREASED TO 250 FT AGL. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WINGS OF THE ACFT ROCKED BACK AND FORTH AND THE ACFT BECAME UNSTABLE. THE TOW BANNER WAS THEN RELEASED, THE ACFT STALLED AND DESCENDED INTO A WOODED AREA IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.