# Incident 20050821019299I: Piper PA12, Long Beach, CA, August 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2005, 14:19 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3793M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3793M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 58 in this make and model, 290 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050821019299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LONG BEACH AFTER PICKING UP BANNER AND SEVERAL MINUTES LATER DURING INITIAL CLIMB, THE BANNER SEPARATED AND FELL ON HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES RESULTING IN A SUBSTANTIAL POWER OUTAGE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LGB. CAUSE APPEARS TO BE A FAILURE OF THE TOW ROPE RELEASE MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N3793M (2)

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

- [Incident 20030608017029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030608017029I), Jun 8, 2003: Piper PA12 (N3793M), Atlantic Beach, NY, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he departed lakewood airport new jersey, (KN12) and flew 1 hr 30 min to bridgeport Connecticut. After towing a banner for 3 hrs 10 min. In…
- [Incident 19891003060529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891003060529I), Oct 3, 1989: Piper PA12 (N3793M), Hallandale, FL. Banner broke loose at cruise altitude. Landed on transformer causing power failure. Banner clips failed.

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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