# Accident 20080317836759A: Piper PA25260, Miami, FL, March 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2008, 16:49 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa- Locka Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9069° N, 80.2783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9069&lon=-80.2783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total, 950 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080317836759A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MARCH 17, 2008, ON ABOUT 1649 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-25-260 AIRCRAFT N169AB REGISTERED TO AERIAL BANNERS INC.  OPERATED BY HIOTT'S FLIGHT SERVICE AS A 14 CFR PART 91 BANNER TOWING FLIGHT, MADE A EMERGENCY LANDING AT OPA LOCK AIRPORT (OPF) OPA LOCKA, FL.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED NOR PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) TO PICK UP BANNERS AT (OPF).  AFTER ARRIVING OVER (OPF) HE THREW THE TOW ROPE AND HOOK FROM THE COCKPIT WINDOW AND WATCHED IT TRAIL BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTR COMPLETING THE BANNER PICK UP AND THE BANNER BECAME AIRBORNE THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN MAKING A RIGHT TURN THAT WAS UNCONTROLLABLE HE ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE BANNER BUT IT WOULD NOT RELEASE.  AFTER SEVERAL TURN AROUND THE AIRPORT HE DECIDED TO MAKE A LANDING AT (OPF) IN THE GRASS, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A BERM AT THE EDGE OF AIRPORT.

## 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 NYC08CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA141), Mar 17, 2008: Piper PA-25-260 (N169AB), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The entanglement of the hook rope with the rudder horn during banner pickup.

## Other reports on N169AB (2)

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

- [Accident 20130531011109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130531011109A), May 31, 2013: Piper PA-25-260 (N169AB), Hollywood, FL, Substantial damage. On 05-31-2013, upon landing at hwo runway 10L, pilot lost control of aircraft. Aircraft ran off runway into grass. Aircraft flipped upside down. There was…
- [Incident 20090821048649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090821048649I), Aug 21, 2009: Piper PA-25-260 (N169AB), Hollywood, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft operating as a banner tower for aerial banners north. Pilot stated that the tip of the rudder was folded 6"-8" inches. He observed birds in the area…

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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