# Incident 20000729030029I: Piper PA18135, Palos Park, IL, July 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Palos Park, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6582° N, 87.8504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palos Park, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6582&lon=-87.8504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9841Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 125 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000729030029I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER BANNER TOW OF 2.5 HOURS, PILOT STATED HE HAD .5 HOURS OF FUEL LEFT. POOR WEATHER PREVENTED HIM FROM GOING DIRECTLY TO HIS DESTINATION GRIFFITH, IN AIRPORT FROM CHICAGO MEIGS FIELD AREA.  HE WAS REFUSED CLEARANCE TO LAND AT CHICAGO MEIGS AND CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORTS, BECAUSE HE WAS TOWING A BANNER.  HE ELECTED NOT TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR PALOS COUNTRY CLUB, PALOS TOWNSHIP, IL, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE MILES FROM NEW LENOX,IL AIRPORT, HIS NEXT INTENDED LANDING DESTINATION.

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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