# Incident 19880626044639I: Maule M5180C, Evansville, IN, June 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1988, 10:30 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Dress Regional
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5623M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 35 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880626044639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISSED AN ATTEMPT TO HOOK A BANNER. ON SECOND PASS CAME IN TOO LOW AND THE BANNER HOOK HIT THE VASI LIGHTS.

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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