# Incident 20110604010009I: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL, Pacoima, CA, June 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2011, 10:23 local time
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Whiteman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VWGJ
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N224T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (registry code 7101808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C2A (registry code 42285, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-105 SPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,453 total, 623 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110604010009I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMED IMPROPER BANNER PICK-UP CAUSING THE BANNER ATTACHMENT TO BECOME ENTANGLED ON THE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR LANDING WITH THE BANNER ATTACHED, AT WHICH POINT, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND NOSED OVER, CAUSING A PROP STRIKE. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS DONE.

## Other reports on N224T (1)

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

- [Accident 20130830020259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830020259A), Aug 30, 2013: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (N224T), Rancho Palos Ve, CA, Destroyed. The engine quit during cruise. Attempts to restart by switching fuel tanks were unsuccessful. The pilot dropped the banner and made an emergency landing on the…

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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