Cessna 172P N66365

Summary

On 27 July 1991 at about 16:57 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N66365, operated by Andrew & Mary Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Lansing, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 July 1991 at 16:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Lansing, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

41.5607, -87.5393

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N66365

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Andrew & Mary Aviation, Inc.

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

CHI91LA233

1 person died.

THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN DURING LOW ALTITUDE MANEUVERS. RELATED FACTORS ARE GROUND PERSONNEL'S INADEQUATE TRAFFIC ADVISORY, AND THE PILOT'S ABRUPT PULL UP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED OVERFLYING THE AIRPORT FROM SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO NORTH NORTHEAST ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), AT A SLOW AIRSPEED FOR A BANNER DROP. ANOTHER AIRPLANE WAS SEEN APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH ABOUT 25 FEET AGL AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED FOR A BANNER PICK UP. WITNESSES SAW THE FIRST AIRPLANE DROP THE BANNER AND BEGIN TO CLIMB OUT. THEY STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS SLOW, IN A STEEP CLIMB ALTITUDE. THEY REPORTED THE WINGS ROCKED BACK AND FORTH, THEN THE RIGHT WING AND NOSE DROPPED SUDDENLY. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED TO THE GROUND IN WHAT WITNESSES DESCRIBED AS A 'RIGHT HAND SPIN ROTATION' AND CAME TO REST IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED THE SECOND AIRPLANE PICKED UP THE BANNER AND BEGAN TO CLIMB OUT ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.