# Accident 20040720019259A: Piper PA25235, Baldwin County, AL, July 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Baldwin County, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4183° N, 87.7014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4183&lon=-87.7014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7222Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7222Z-2017-06-30) (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 O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040720019259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 20, 2004, A PIPER PA-25-235, N7222Z, REGISTERED TO SEAIR AERIAL ADVERTISING, LLC, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A BANNER AT A PRIVATE AIR STRIP IN FOLEY ALABAMA. THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE TRYING TO PICK UP A BANNER ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT HE GOT THE BANNER WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT GOT THE BANNER UNTANGLED AND EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT NO DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO MAKE ANOTHER TAKEOFF TO PICKUP THE BANNER. ON THIS ATTEMPT THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED TO THE SOUTH AND MADE A FIGURE 8 TO GET ALIGNED WITH THE BANNER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT GOT STUCK IN A LEFT TURN AND WOULD NOT COME OUT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH IN A FIELD ABOUT 300 YARDS SHORT OF THE BANNER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL04CA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA160), Jul 20, 2004: Piper PA 25 (N7222Z), Foley, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during climbout which resulted in a stall while maneuvering to pick up a banner.

## Other reports on N7222Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19940122006339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940122006339I), Jan 22, 1994: Piper PA25235 (N7222Z), Gulfshores, AL, Minor damage. Aircraft was on takeoff at about 50 feet AGL when the engine lost power. Pilot landed on grass adjacent to runway. Right wing hit ground due to hard landing…

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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