# Incident 19960424021669I: Piper PA18A150, Myrtle Beach, SC, April 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1996, 11:20 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7104° N, 78.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-78.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3977P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3977P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (registry code 42138, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960424021669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TOWING BANNER WHEN KITE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH BANNER. TOW ROPE BROKE, BANNER FELL INTO OCEAN. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TAKE-OFF FIELD WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.

## Other reports on N3977P (1)

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

- [Incident 19960506012509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960506012509I), May 6, 1996: Piper PA18A150 (N3977P), Conway, SC, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot had trouble getting his banner to tow properly. After landing on the narrow strip the right main gear slipped into a drainage ditch…

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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