BERLIN, MD, USA
N90916
BELLANCA 8GCBC
THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES AFTER THE ACFTS LANDING GEAR BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE BANNERS TOW BRIDLE DURING AN ATTEMPTED BANNER PICK-UP. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE BANNER CREW ON THE FIELD, THE ACFT CAME IN TOO LOW AND CAUGHT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR IN THE BRIDLE. THE PILOT BEGAN TRYING TO SHAKE THE BRIDLE OFF THE WHEEL. THE ACFT CLEARED THE POWER LINES AND DIPPED ITS LEFT WING. THIS RELEASED THE BANNER BUT THE RIGHT WING DIPPED AND THE PLANE DISAPPEARED IN THE TREES. ANOTHER WITNESS, A PLT IN ANOTHER BANNER TOW ACFT AT 400 FT AGL SAID THE WINGS BANKED LEFT AND RIGHT TWICEBEFORE THE ACFT SPUN TO THE RIGHT INTO THE TREES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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