# Incident 20130109000539I: Piper PA-25-235, El Monte, CA, January 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2013, 12:10 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145AB) (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 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130109000539I

## Narrative

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

BANNER TOW PILOT INITIATED AIRBORNE BANNER PICK UP.  DURING PICK-UP MANEUVER, TOW ROPE WRAPPED AROUND AIRCRAFT TAIL WHEEL RATHER THAN TOW HOOK.  PILOT CONTINUED BANNER TOW OPERATION EVEN AFTER BEING ADVISED OF TOW ROPE CONDITION.  THIS VIOLATED COMPANY BANNER TOW TRAINING MANUAL.  PILOT'S EMPLOYMENT WAS TERMINATED BY EMPLOYER.  PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTOR ADVISED OF ACTION.  THERE WAS NO APPARANT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, AIRPORT, BANNER NOR PILOT.  NO REGULATIONS VIOLATED.

## Other reports on N145AB (1)

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

- [Accident 20190301000729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190301000729A), Mar 1, 2019: Piper PA-25-235 (N145AB), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 1, 2019, a Piper PA-25-235 flew into a condominium building in Fort Lauderdale Florida while operating under banner towing authorization. The accident…

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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