43.0928° N, 79.0147° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Niagara Falls, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 5, 1987 · 14:47 local
Place
Niagara Falls, NY
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
CGNMX
Reported as
Cessna 188CESSNA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine failed while towing a banner. Landed on a parkway. Found a broken clamp on the mixture control cable.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FAILED WHILE TOWING A BANNER. LANDED ON A PARKWAY. FOUND A BROKEN CLAMP ON THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE.