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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25 · Detroit, MI · June 21, 2010

Date
June 21, 2010 · 19:50 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit City Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6238Z
Reported as
Piper PA-25
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A3A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total900 in this make and model100 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.

Banner tow aircraft picked up banner off runway. Crew asked pilot to return. Upon decent of aircraft for banner drop, it appeared banner did not release from the aircraft causing it to touch down north of runway 25, sending the arcraft skidding asross runway 25 and stopping with a disabled landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

BANNER TOW AIRCRAFT PICKED UP BANNER OFF RUNWAY. CREW ASKED PILOT TO RETURN. UPON DECENT OF AIRCRAFT FOR BANNER DROP, IT APPEARED BANNER DID NOT RELEASE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING IT TO TOUCH DOWN NORTH OF RUNWAY 25, SENDING THE ARCRAFT SKIDDING ASROSS RUNWAY 25 AND STOPPING WITH A DISABLED LANDING GEAR.