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Date
March 9, 2017 · 12:10 local
Place
St. Petersburg, FL
Airport
Albert Whitted
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N223AB
Reported as
Piper PA-25-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
480 total100 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot descent was too low to pick up banner and rope got tangle on main gears. Ground personnel instructed her to return and land. During the process, about 25 feet from ground pilot reduced to much power without taking in consideration the drag caused by banner and caused a hard landing, followed up by collapsing left gear and drifting to the left into the grass.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT DESCENT WAS TOO LOW TO PICK UP BANNER AND ROPE GOT TANGLE ON MAIN GEARS. GROUND PERSONNEL INSTRUCTED HER TO RETURN AND LAND. DURING THE PROCESS, ABOUT 25 FEET FROM GROUND PILOT REDUCED TO MUCH POWER WITHOUT TAKING IN CONSIDERATION THE DRAG CAUSED BY BANNER AND CAUSED A HARD LANDING, FOLLOWED UP BY COLLAPSING LEFT GEAR AND DRIFTING TO THE LEFT INTO THE GRASS.