# Incident 19891020057959I: Piper PA18, St Petersburg, FL, October 20, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1989, 14:00 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: N225NY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N225NY-2009-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 500 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891020057959I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TOWING BANNER FRONT OF BANNER BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N225NY (4)

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

- [Accident 19980426007679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980426007679A), Apr 26, 1998: Piper PA18 (N225NY), St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout. Ditched in bay. Throttle disconnected. (.4)on April 26, 1998, about 1215 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-18, N225NY, registered to a…
- [Incident 19891021057969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891021057969I), Oct 21, 1989: Piper PA18 (N225NY), St Petersburg, FL. While towing banner front of banner broke off. Second time in two days.
- [Incident 19870529034529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870529034529I), May 29, 1987: Piper PA18 (N225NY), St. Petersburg, FL. During turn for spacing in the traffic pattern the banner broke.
- [Accident 19820713028679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820713028679A), Jul 13, 1982: Piper PA18 (N225NY), St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after oil leak on engine exhaust system.

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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