# Incident 20040311005759I: Piper PA25, Miami, FL, March 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2004, 16:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N37AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040311005759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT, MR. THOMAS JOHN GARLICK STATED IN HIS SIGNED STATEMENT, THAT ON MARCH 11, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM LOCAL TIME, HE LANDED AT OPA LOCKA AIRPORT AFTER PERFORMING AERIAL BANNER TOWING IN THE LOCAL AREAS. LANDED AT RUNWAY 9R SMOOTHLY, WITHOUT BOUNCING, THEN BROUGHT THE POWER BACK TO IDLE AND PROCEEDED TO SLOW DOWN GRADUALLY. ONCE HE SLOWED DOWN TO A FAST JOGGING SPEED, HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT TAIL TO RISE. HAD THE CONTROL STICK ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SEAT THE WHOLE TIME AND THE TAIL CONTINUED TO RISE. HE ADDED FULL POWER TO TRY TO GET THE TAIL TO GO BACK DOWN BUT IT WAS TOO LATE AND THE PROPELLER GRAZED THE GROUND. NOTICED BOTH PROPELLERS BLADE TIPS WERE CURLED UP.

## Other reports on N37AB (2)

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

- [Incident 20041010028469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041010028469I), Oct 10, 2004: Piper PA25 (N37AB), Hollywood, FL, Minor damage. (-23) While banner towing over the north miami beach area, pilot, Mr. Keith bryan-jones, certificate #2416144 pilot, experienced engine failure and had to make…
- [Incident 20030615022119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030615022119I), Jun 15, 2003: Piper PA25 (N37AB), Miami Beach, FL. (-23) On June 15, 2003, christopher reicks was piloting a PA-25, N37AB, returning to the opa locka airport, after completing a banner tow assignment. At this…

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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