Warrington Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Selbyville, Delaware 19975
Monday, August 1, 1988 11:45 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/1/1988
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1145
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City SELBYVILLE
Event State DELAWARE
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 19975
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport WARRINGTON
Event Location Nearest Airport ID ON7
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 28
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1051 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 255
Weather Observation Facility ID SBY
Elevation of weather observation facility 52
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 16
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 2
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 23
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Light and Variable
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 556
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 1 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1215
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36376
Date of most recent change to record Jun 2 2009 1:11PM
User who most recently changed record johb
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5682G
NTSB Number BFO88LA070
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150K
Aircraft Series Identifier 150K
Aircraft Serial Number 15071182
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Feb 27 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 125
Airframe Hours 4044
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name THOMAS CALVANELLI
Aircraft Owner Street Address RR1, BOX 302
Aircraft Owner City COVINGTON
Aircraft Owner State LA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 70433
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name ATLANTIC COSTAL AERIAL ADS
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address RR1, BOX 38A
Operator City SELBYVILLE
Operator State DE
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 19975
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 0N7
Departure City SELBYVILLE
Departure State DE
Departure Country
Departure Time 1100
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jun 2 2009 1:11PM
User who most recently changed record johb
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 32
Runway Length 2250
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --