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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150K · Bolingbrook, IL · June 11, 2010

Date: June 11, 2010 · 09:25 local
Place: Bolingbrook, IL
Airport: Bolingbrook'S Clow International
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: DRDJ
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N643G
Reported as: Cessna 150K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N643GRegistered now · Cessna 150KS/N 15071543 Airframe modelCessna 150K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

A banner tow cable and hook separated from N643G while on left base to runway 18 at 1C5 and penetrated the roof of 1025 chuchill drive Bolingbrook, Illinois 60440. No damage was caused to N643G. No accident or injuries to persons ensued. The banner tow release handle was mis-rigged allowing the operator to release the banner by either pushing or pulling the handle instead of the intended pulling action only.

As the FAA filed it

A BANNER TOW CABLE AND HOOK SEPARATED FROM N643G WHILE ON LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 18 AT 1C5 AND PENETRATED THE ROOF OF 1025 CHUCHILL DRIVE BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS 60440. NO DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO N643G. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES TO PERSONS ENSUED. THE BANNER TOW RELEASE HANDLE WAS MIS-RIGGED ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO RELEASE THE BANNER BY EITHER PUSHING OR PULLING THE HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE INTENDED PULLING ACTION ONLY.