# Incident 20070826824859I: Piper PA25260, Hollywood, FL, August 26, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2007, 12:07 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0013° N, 80.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PERRY (HWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0013&lon=-80.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9732P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Reported engine: LYC O540G1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 362 total, 30 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070826824859I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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