# Incident 20060701021979I: Piper PA18A, Toms River, NJ, July 1, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9537° N, 74.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toms River, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9537&lon=-74.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3885Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3885Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060701021979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING A BANNER TOWING OPERATION AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AFTER A LOUD POP. OIL STREAMED OVER WIND SCREEN, PILOT RELEASED BANNER OVER AN OPEN AREA, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE OR AIRSPEED AND WAS NOT WITHIN GLIDING DISTANCE OF AN AIRPORT. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON A LARGE OPEN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FIELD. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH NO PERSONAL INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURIES ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N3885Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20060917022859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060917022859I), Sep 17, 2006: Piper PA18A (N3885Z), Staten Island, NY, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N3885Z, serial number 18-7700, a Piper PA-18A model aircraft was involved in an incident on September 17, 2006. The aircraft made an emergency…

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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