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FAA incident report · Piper PA25260 · Hollywood, FL · August 26, 2007

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Date
August 26, 2007 · 12:07 local
Place
Hollywood, FL
Airport
North Perry
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9732P
Reported as
Piper PA25260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540G1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
362 total30 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On August 26, 2007 at 1210 hours local, Piper PA-25-260, registration number N9732P was being operated for the purpose of banner towing by the pilot privacy data omitted from North Perry Airport in pembroke pines, FL. The aircraft picked up the banner and climbed to 600 feet with the engine just being increased from 2500 RPM to 2600 RPM with the engine oil pressure at 69 PSI and oil temperature at 186 degrees. After 5-10 seconds the engine failed making a loud pop. Airspeed dropped quickly and the aircraft banked sharply to the left. The pilot pushed the nose over and released the banner and the airspeed increased to approx 70 mph. There was an oil fire in the engine compartment which filled the cockpit with smoke and heat. With the engine making little to no power the pilot set the mixture to cut-off. The pilot declared an emergency with the North Perry tower and was cleared to land on any airport surface. The glide path cleared the east fence by approx 50 ft and a landing was made in the grass at the approach end of runway 27 left. The engine fire was extinguished by ground personnel and inspection showed a broken #1 piston allowing the rod to punch a hole in the engine case.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 26, 2007 AT 1210 HOURS LOCAL, PIPER PA-25-260, REGISTRATION NUMBER N9732P WAS BEING OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BANNER TOWING BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT IN PEMBROKE PINES, FL. THE AIRCRAFT PICKED UP THE BANNER AND CLIMBED TO 600 FEET WITH THE ENGINE JUST BEING INCREASED FROM 2500 RPM TO 2600 RPM WITH THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AT 69 PSI AND OIL TEMPERATURE AT 186 DEGREES. AFTER 5-10 SECONDS THE ENGINE FAILED MAKING A LOUD POP. AIRSPEED DROPPED QUICKLY AND THE AIRCRAFT BANKED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE OVER AND RELEASED THE BANNER AND THE AIRSPEED INCREASED TO APPROX 70 MPH. THERE WAS AN OIL FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH FILLED THE COCKPIT WITH SMOKE AND HEAT. WITH THE ENGINE MAKING LITTLE TO NO POWER THE PILOT SET THE MIXTURE TO CUT-OFF. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE NORTH PERRY TOWER AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON ANY AIRPORT SURFACE. THE GLIDE PATH CLEARED THE EAST FENCE BY APPROX 50 FT AND A LANDING WAS MADE IN THE GRASS AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 27 LEFT. THE ENGINE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY GROUND PERSONNEL AND INSPECTION SHOWED A BROKEN #1 PISTON ALLOWING THE ROD TO PUNCH A HOLE IN THE ENGINE CASE.