# Incident 20110115001559I: Piper PA-25-260, North Miami Bea, FL, January 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2011, 03:28 local time
- Place: North Miami Bea, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9300° N, 80.1652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Miami Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9300&lon=-80.1652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N138AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N138AB) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,125 total, 760 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110115001559I

## Narrative

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

AT 1 :OOPM ON 01/15/2011 N138AB DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) TOWING A BANNER.AT 3 :25PM DURING A CLIMB FROM 500FT TO 1000FT -OVER MIAMI BEACH,AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB PILOT REPORTED SHE ONLY HAD PARTIAL ENGINE POWER. SHE FURTHER STATED ANY POWER OVER 2200 RPM THE ENGINE WOULD SPUTTER. SHE PULLED CARBURETOR HEAT THINKING THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE CARBURETOR ICING AND LEFT IT ON THE REMAINING FLIGHT. AS SHE BEGAN TO HEAD BACK TO HWO, THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGHER AND SHE MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT THE GREYNOLDS GOLF COURSE IN NORTH MIAMI. SHE RELEASED THE BANNER AND LANDED ON THE GOLF COURSE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY OPERATOR AND RUN UP OF THE ENGINE INDICATED NORMAL OPERATION. OPERATOR COORDINATED TO WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND POLICE TO DEPART THE GOLF COURSE AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO HWO WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N138AB (1)

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

- [Incident 20140307001759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140307001759I), Mar 7, 2014: Piper PA-25-260 (N138AB), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot landed aircraft off of airport due to fuel starvation.

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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