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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Marlboro, NJ · July 6, 2002

Date: July 6, 2002
Place: Marlboro, NJ
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5279G
Reported as: Cessna 172N

N5279GRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17273558 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) On Saturday July 6, 2002 eastern region ops center called to report that a banner had been dropped in the street in Marlboro, NJ. The Marlboro police department was contacted and was in possession of the banner. Eyewitnesses were not able to get an n number from the aircraft. The following day the Marlboro police department was contacted by a representative from aerial advertising agency of manville, NJ to inform them that the banner belonged to them. Speaking with the individual from aerial advertising, he had stated that a kite string had cut the lead pole causing the banner to disengage from the aircraft. There were no injuries and the aircraft had returned safely to central jersey airport in mannville, NJ. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SATURDAY JULY 6, 2002 EASTERN REGION OPS CENTER CALLED TO REPORT THAT A BANNER HAD BEEN DROPPED IN THE STREET IN MARLBORO, NJ. THE MARLBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND WAS IN POSSESSION OF THE BANNER. EYEWITNESSES WERE NOT ABLE TO GET AN N NUMBER FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE MARLBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM AERIAL ADVERTISING AGENCY OF MANVILLE, NJ TO INFORM THEM THAT THE BANNER BELONGED TO THEM. SPEAKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FROM AERIAL ADVERTISING, HE HAD STATED THAT A KITE STRING HAD CUT THE LEAD POLE CAUSING THE BANNER TO DISENGAGE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD RETURNED SAFELY TO CENTRAL JERSEY AIRPORT IN MANNVILLE, NJ. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.