# Accident 20111231029639A: Piper PA-25-235, Jacksonville, FL, December 31, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2011, 11:11 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BEBJ
- Location: 30.3242° N, 81.5219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3242&lon=-81.5219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7408Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7408Z-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (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-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111231029639A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY 31 DEC 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 LOCAL TIME, N7408Z, A PIPER PA 25-235 "PAWNEE", IMPACTED A PARKING LOT JUST SOUTH OF CRAIG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (KCRG), JACKSONVILLE, FL.  THE PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGAGED IN BANNER TOW OPERATIONS, AND HAD SUCCESSFULLY PICKED UP AND BEGUN A CLIMB WITH A LARGE BANNER JUST MOMENTS PRIOR TO THE MISHAP.  A MOUNTED PARKING LOT SECURITY CAMERA RECORDED THE PAWNEE'S INITIAL CLIMBOUT AFTER ENGAGING THE BANNER.  THE CAMERA ALSO RECORDED THE BANNER FLUTTERING TO THE GROUND ON AIRPORT PROPERTY JUST SOUTH OF RUNWAY 23 AFTER THE BANNER HAD BEEN JETTISONED.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE CAMERA RECORDED THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THE FLIGHT, IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT IS SEEN DESCENDING IN A RIGHT-HAND SPIN AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA12FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA130), Dec 31, 2011: Piper PA-25-235 (N7408Z), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight loss of control during climb after a banner pickup. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to marijuana.

## Other reports on N7408Z (2)

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

- [Incident 20090502010979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090502010979I), May 2, 2009: Piper PA25235 (N7408Z), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N7408Z piloted by [privacy data omitted] was in climb towing a glider at about 2000 ft up when six inches of the propeller came off causing…
- [Incident 20021204036589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021204036589I), Dec 4, 2002: Piper PA25235 (N7408Z), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) After landing pilot was repositioning the aircraft to prepare for the next glyder tow and while taxing the prop struck a taxiway sign causing minor…

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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