# Incident 20100621006149I: Piper PA-25, Detroit, MI, June 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2010, 19:50 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6238Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6238Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A3A (registry code 42267, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 900 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/20100621006149I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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