# Incident 20120505007799I: Piper PA-25-235, Houston, TX, May 5, 2012 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 5, 2012, 17:00 local time - Place: Houston, TX - Airport: Clover Field - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: NIGJ - Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10 - Aircraft: N94MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94MC-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-G1A5 (registry code 42344, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-g1a5) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235 - Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-G1A5 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 7,835 total, 2,925 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120505007799I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. N94MC, A PIPER PA-25-235 AIRCRAFT, WHILE DOING A BANNER TOW OPERATION IN THE VECINITY OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, TX, EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT STATED WHILE OPERATING THE THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND NORMALLY, THE RPM DROPPED TO 1900 AND WOULD NOT INCREASE. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED CARB HEAT WITH NO IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT IN LOSS OF RPM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOOSING ALTITUDE RAPIDLY WITH A 35' X 80' BANNER IN TOW. THE PILOT LOCATED A LARGE WAREHOUSE AND JETTISIONED THE BANNER ON THE ROOF. AFTER JETTISIONING THE BANNER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGNIE RPM APPEARED TO BE IMPROVING. THE PILOT RETURN TO CLOVER FIELD (LVJ) AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. THE BANNER WAS ON THE WAREHOUSE ROOF TOP; HOWEVER THE TOW ROPE WAS OFF THE ROOF AND ACROSS ERNESTINE DR. AND A CHAINLINK FENCE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. A MOTORCYCLE TRAVELING SOUTH WAS NOT ABLE TO AVOID THE ROPE AND THE PASSENGER ON THE BACK OF THE MOTORCYCLE WAS PULLED OFF BY THE ROPE. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES (ABRAISIONS TO HER NECK) AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY EMS. A MECHANIC PERFORMED GROUND RUNS AFTER THE FLIGHT AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. A COMPRESSION CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH ALL CYLENDARS IN THE NORMAL RANGE. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. ## Other reports on N94MC (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20150627009959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150627009959A), Jun 27, 2015: Piper PA-25-235 (N94MC), Galveston, TX, Substantial damage. On 06/27/2015 at approximately 12:30 pm CDT an aircraft N94MC, model: PA-25-235 crashed into a field while making a forced landing. The aircraft had departed… - [Incident 19970614017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970614017449I), Jun 14, 1997: Piper PA25235 (N94MC), Fort Worth, TX. Narrative: at 1400 hour (local) aircraft N94MC was towing a 20X40 billboard experienced a rope breakage that resulted in the billboard falling to the ground in… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.