# Incident 20090821048649I: Piper PA-25-260, Hollywood, FL, August 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: 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 PA-25-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090821048649I

## Narrative

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

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 DURING HIS FLIGHT.  HE MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE RUDDER AT ALL TIMES.  A/C LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT NO INJURIES.

## 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…
- [Accident 20080317836759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080317836759A), Mar 17, 2008: Piper PA25260 (N169AB), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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