# Accident 20060804031269A: Piper PA25, August 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2006, 12:40 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3389° N, 74.6217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3389&lon=-74.6217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6471Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6471Z-2021-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,154 total, 65 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060804031269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER PILOT DROPPED BANNER AIRCRAFT HIT TREES AND CRASHED. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CORRECTION ACTION BECAUSE NO INTERVIEW OF PILOT COULD BE COMPLETED DUE TO THE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN ACCIDENT. (-23 AMENDMENT) DURING A BANNER DROP THE PILOT PERFORMED A REDUCTION OF POWER SO AS TO START A DESCENT TO A PREDETERMINED SPOT AND ALTITUDE ABOVE THE FIELD. WHEN HE REACHED THAT SPOT HE ADDED FULL POWER AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO FULL POWER. AT THIS TIME HE DROPPED THE BANNER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER TO SUSTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO A POINT WHERE THE RIGHT WING STRUCK BRANCHES OF A TREE AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A VERTICAL POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE SHORTLY AFTER AND WAS DESTROYED. I DISCUSSED THE PROCEDURES FOR DROPPING BANNERS AND WHETHER HE USED CARBURETOR HEAT. HE COULD NOT BE SURE THAT HE HAD DONE SO.

## 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 NYC06LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA193), Aug 4, 2006: Piper PA-25 (N6471Z), Egg Harbor Twp, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to utilize carburetor heat during the descent, which resulted in the formation of carburetor ice and subsequent engine failure. A factor in the accident was the carburetor icing…

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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