# Incident 20040828019599I: Cessna 175A, Panama City, FL, August 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2004, 14:10 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1588° N, 85.6602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1588&lon=-85.6602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6844E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6844E-2011-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 550 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040828019599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING BANNER TOW OPERATION, PILOT NOTICED PROGRESSIVE KNOCKING FROM ENGINE, AND LOSS OF POWER. PILOT FELT ENGINE WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO DEVELOP POWER DUE TO VIBRATION AND ODOR. ELECTED TO LAND ON BEACH AFTER JETTISONING BANNER. LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE/INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6844E (2)

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

- [Incident 20000620033559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000620033559I), Jun 20, 2000: Cessna 175A (N6844E), Panama City, FL, 1 fatal. (-23)At approximately 1755 EST 06/20/2000, [privacy data omitted] jumped from N6844E at 3,000 ft MSL as a skydiver. Eyewitnesses report a normal chute…
- [Accident 19970622015949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622015949A), Jun 22, 1997: Cessna 175A (N6844E), Panama City Bea, FL, Substantial damage. Cut short banner tow due thunderstorms. Dropped banner over grass strip. Unable stop landing. Overran into ditch. (-23) pilot landed aircraft on 1000 ft. wet…

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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