# Incident 19960114001289I: Maule M5210C, Pittsburgh, PA, January 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1996, 14:03 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62024, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62024-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5210C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,925 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960114001289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT ON THE WAY TO THREE RIVERS STADIUM, TOWING A BANNER, HE EXPERIENCED THE BANNER TEARING AT APPROXIMATELY MID-POINT AND FLOATING TOWARD THE GROUND. HE CIRCLED TO SEE WHERE THE BANNER WOULD LAND. HE OBSERVED THE BANNER LANDING PARTIALLY ON A ROOF - POWER LINES - AND STREET. HE THEN RETURNED TO MONROEVILLE AIRPORT DROPPING THE EXISTING BANNER AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT COMPLETES THIS INCIDENT.

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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