# Incident 20000722025659I: Cessna 172M, Renton, WA, July 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2000, 20:40 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61846, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61846) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000722025659I

## Narrative

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

(-23)BANNER SHREDDED UPON PICK UP AND DISCONNECTED FROM TOW PLANE, PILOT CHECKED AND COULD NOT SEE TOW ROPE STILL ATTACHED TO A/C. TOWER AND GROUND CREW INFORMED PILOT THAT THE BANNER HAD DISCONNECTED. PILOT RETURNED FOR LANDING. THE BANNER HAD FAILED JUST AFT OF THE LEAD POLE, THE TOW ROPE AND LEAD POLE WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE A/C BUT TRAILING MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL DUE TO THE LACK OF A BANNER. THE LEAD POLE AND ROPE SNAGGED SOME POWERLINES THAT CROSS APPROX. 150 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE SHEAR LINK FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED THE PILOT WAS UNAWARE THAT THE ROPE HAD CONTACTED THE WIRES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE A/C OR THE POWER LINES, THE ROPE WAS REMOVED FROM THE POWERLINES BY THE UTILITY COMPANY.

## Other reports on N61846 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830916052109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830916052109I), Sep 16, 1983: Cessna 172 (N61846), Oakland, CA. Engine quit during a practice NDB approach. Landed on a freeway. Cause unknown. Possible carburetor ice.

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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