# Incident 19860518039929I: Piper PA28161, 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: N2406U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2406U-1996-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 24 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860518039929I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK BANNER BEING TOWED BY N19996 DURING TRAINING MANEUVER. NEITHER AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N2406U (1)

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

- [Accident 19930902033179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930902033179A), Sep 2, 1993: Piper PA28161 (N2406U), Centre Hall, PA, Substantial damage. Ran off runway. (.4)the pilot and three passengers were on a local sightseeing flight when on his return to the airport, one of the passengers in the rear seat…

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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