# Incident 20030705022159I: Piper PA25235, Miami, FL, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 13:51 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- 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: N86AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- Pilot flight hours: 664 total, 135 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705022159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 7, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:55 LOCAL TIME, CHRISTOPHER REICKS DROPPED HIS BANNER OVER THE AIRPORT, AND TURNED BASE FOR RWY 12. AT THIS TIME HE LOST POWER, EXPERIENCED A BANGING NOISE AND VIBRATION. THE ENGINE QUIT, THE PROPELLER STOPPED COMPLETELY AND HE LANDED SAFELY IN AN OPEN GRASSY AREA ON THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE ENGINE HAD APPROXIMATELY EIGHT HOURS SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL. INSPECTOR BRUCE HILL OF THE FT. LAUDERDALE FSDO INSPECTED THE ENGINE. HE FOUND THE NUMBER SIX ROD WAS BROKEN AND THE CASE AND OIL PAN WERE CRACKED. THERE WAS NO LACK OF LUBRICATION AND ALL PARTS WERE APPROVED.

## Other reports on N86AB (4)

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

- [Incident 20150312001939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150312001939I), Mar 12, 2015: Piper PA-25-235 (N86AB), Miramar, FL, Minor damage. On March 12, 2015 aircraft departed southwest from North Perry Airport at 11AM for a 3-hour banner tow circuit over the miami-dade state fair, just south of…
- [Accident 20130318004319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130318004319A), Mar 18, 2013: Piper PA-25-235 (N86AB), Panama City, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was performing banner tow operations based out of kecp. Pilot stated he had picked up his first banner and was in a climb passing 900FT MSL when the…
- [Accident 20051218030059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051218030059A), Dec 18, 2005: Piper PA25235 (N86AB), Opa-Locka, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Information provided by ground crew witnesses. Pilot not available for interview. On 12/18/2005, at approximately 11:45 am, banner tow aircraft N86AB,…
- [Incident 20050924025639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050924025639I), Sep 24, 2005: Piper PA25235 (N86AB), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft engine ran rough and then quit 7 miles southeast of mia (over ocean) while pilot was conducting aerial banner tow operations. Pilot made…

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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