# Incident 20010503009489I: Piper PA25235, Miami, FL, May 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 200 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/20010503009489I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT ACCOMPLISHED A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 9R AT KOPF AND CIRCLED FOR AN EASTBOUND BANNER PICKUP. AFTER THE PICKUP HE CLIMBED OUT NORMALLY AND PROCEEDED NORTH/NORTHEAST BOUND, GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE FLORIDA  TURNPIKE.  HE CLEARED THE KOPF AIRSPACE AND HAD CLEARED THE TOWER FREQUENCY WHEN HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWLY LOSING POWER AND BEGINNING TO DESCEND SLIGHTLY.  HE IMMEDIATELY CHECKED THE FUEL SYSTEM AND MAGNETOS AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS.  HE THEN CALLED THE KOPF TOWER AND TOLD THEM HE WAS SLOWLY LOSING POWER AND WAS DROPPING HIS BANNER IN A CATTLE PASTURE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTINUE FLYING BACK TO KOPF.  HE NOTICED HIS POSITION, AT THIS TIME, TO BE 1 MILE OUTSIDE OF KOPF AIRSPACE.  NEXT HE DETERMINED HE COULD, AT BEST, ONLY HOLD 2100 RPM, SO HE CALLED OPA LOCKA TOWER AND LET THEM KNOW HE WAS GOING TO RETURN TO THE CATTLE PASTURE AND DO AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  HE THEN NOTED THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE HAD GONE TO 0 PSI.  HE SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND SUCCESSFULLY DID AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE OCCURRING TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY INJURIES TO HIMSELF.  AFTER LANDING THE PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT ROTATE THE PROPELLER.  THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED.  PILOT STATED HIS COMPANY WAS G OING TO TRAILER THE AIRPLANE OUT OF PASTURE AND TO MAINTENANCE. FLL FSDO17, INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT FOR POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE FOLLOW UP WITH THE OPERATOR.  INCIDENT CLOSED WITH PTRS #2001B8788 WITH NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N72AB (2)

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

- [Incident 20100308029169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100308029169I), Mar 8, 2010: Piper PA-25-235 (N72AB), Daytona Beach, FL, No damage. Pilot performing banner tow had fluctating oil pressure gauage. Turned toward dab and released banner in conjested area landing banner in power lines. Pilot…
- [Accident 20030725020859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030725020859A), Jul 25, 2003: Piper PA25235 (N72AB), Plantation, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On 7/25/2003 at approximately 0905 the pilot in command, jason akina, of N72AB, a Piper 25, stated that he had flown for about 2 hours when he started…

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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