# Incident 19860518039859I: Cessna 172M, St Petersburg, FL, May 18, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1986, 10:55 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19996, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19996) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860518039859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FELT A SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE TOWING A BANNER. N2406U HAD STRUCK BANNER CAUSING PARTIAL SEPARATION.

## Other reports on N19996 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830614025889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830614025889A), Jun 14, 1983: Cessna 172M (N19996), Gaylord, MI, Substantial damage. Aircrafts elevator was damaged when the tail struck a barbed wire fence on final for landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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