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Incident

FAA incident report · Scwzer G-164A · South Attleboro, MA · April 9, 2001

Date: April 9, 2001 · 18:35 local
Place: South Attleboro, MA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N7867
Reported as: Scwzer G164A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,400 total65 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N7867Registration cancelled Feb 8, 2013 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AS/N 999 Airframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985-AN-3Reciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The banner disconnected from the tow plane and landed in the grass near the parking lot of a home depot shopping plaza. This occurred in a busy, populated area of South Attleboro, MA. Reported as a malfunction of the release assembly near the tailwheel of the aircraft. The pilot describes this as an inadvertent release due to poor adjustment of the cable and the release mechanism at the tailwheel was loose.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE BANNER DISCONNECTED FROM THE TOW PLANE AND LANDED IN THE GRASS NEAR THE PARKING LOT OF A HOME DEPOT SHOPPING PLAZA. THIS OCCURRED IN A BUSY, POPULATED AREA OF SOUTH ATTLEBORO, MA. REPORTED AS A MALFUNCTION OF THE RELEASE ASSEMBLY NEAR THE TAILWHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DESCRIBES THIS AS AN INADVERTENT RELEASE DUE TO POOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE CABLE AND THE RELEASE MECHANISM AT THE TAILWHEEL WAS LOOSE.

Other reports on N7867 · 2

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

Accident 19841019061109ATakeoff Ground Roll · Tunica, MSA wheel struck a soft spot on the ag airstrip on the takeoff roll. Aircraft veered off the water covered runway.Oct 19, 1984 · Substantial damage Accident 19800523015769AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Clarksdale, MSEngine threw a rod. Oil on windscreen. Made hard ground contact. Collapsed gear. Flipped over.May 23, 1980 · Substantial damage