# Incident 20150312001939I: Piper PA-25-235, Miramar, FL, March 12, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2015, 13:31 local time
- Place: Miramar, FL
- Airport: North Perry Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0013° N, 80.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PERRY (HWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0013&lon=-80.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-B2C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 851 total, 38 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150312001939I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 12, 2015 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SOUTHWEST FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT AT 11AM FOR A 3-HOUR BANNER TOW CIRCUIT OVER THE MIAMI-DADE STATE FAIR, JUST SOUTH OF FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY?S CAMPUS.  UPON REACHING THE DESTINATION, ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT STARTED THE CIRCUIT PATTERNS AROUND THE STATE FAIR.   AFTER TWO HOURS AT THE BANNER LOCATION, AIRCRAFT STARTED BACK TO NORTH PERRY AIRPORT EARLY DUE TO THE UP AND DOWN DRAFT THERMALS AND GUSTY WINDS (ACCORDING TO THE PILOT).   MIAMI ATC VECTORED AIRCRAFT WEST OVER THE EVERGLADES AND THEN ONCE FAR ENOUGH WEST CLEARED NORTHBOUND TURN BACK TO NORTH PERRY.  WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN 1300 FEET, PILOT NOTICED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS AT 1200 FEET, SO PILOT SLIGHTLY INCREASE POWER TO GET BACK UP TO 1300 FEET, BUT NOTICED NO RESPONSE.  AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 1000 FEET, SO THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS, BUT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE.  AT APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET PILOT TURNED FUEL PUMP ON AND PUT MIXTURE RICH.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER GOING MIXTURE RICH AIRCRAFT LOST ALMOST ALL POWER.  AIRCRAT RAPIDLY LOSS ALTITUDE SO PILOT RELEASED THE BANNER.

## Other reports on N86AB (4)

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

- [Accident 20130318004319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130318004319A), Mar 18, 2013: Piper PA-25-235 (N86AB), Panama City, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was performing banner tow operations based out of kecp. Pilot stated he had picked up his first banner and was in a climb passing 900FT MSL when the…
- [Accident 20051218030059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051218030059A), Dec 18, 2005: Piper PA25235 (N86AB), Opa-Locka, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Information provided by ground crew witnesses. Pilot not available for interview. On 12/18/2005, at approximately 11:45 am, banner tow aircraft N86AB,…
- [Incident 20050924025639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050924025639I), Sep 24, 2005: Piper PA25235 (N86AB), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft engine ran rough and then quit 7 miles southeast of mia (over ocean) while pilot was conducting aerial banner tow operations. Pilot made…
- [Incident 20030705022159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705022159I), Jul 5, 2003: Piper PA25235 (N86AB), Miami, FL. (-23) On July 7, 2003, at approximately 13:55 local time, christopher reicks dropped his banner over the airport, and turned base for rwy 12. At this time he…

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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