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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18A 150 · Bishopville, MD · June 23, 2017

Date: June 23, 2017 · 15:00 local
Place: Bishopville, MD
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: OLUJ
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N766WM
Reported as: Piper PA-18A 150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total600 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N766WMRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150S/N 18-7205 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was towing a large banner for 3 hours. Normally this left him a 30 to 40 minute fuel reserve after landing. The turbulence caused by the approximately 15 kt with gusts to 24KT winds resulted in him using a higher power setting than usual. Returning to the airport he lost power due to fuel exhaustion and had to drop the banner and make an off airport forced landing in a farm field. There was no damage and were no injuries.

METAR koxb 231953Z auto 22015G22KT 10SM FEW034 28/24 A2980 rmk AO2 SLP092 T02830239

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS TOWING A LARGE BANNER FOR 3 HOURS. NORMALLY THIS LEFT HIM A 30 TO 40 MINUTE FUEL RESERVE AFTER LANDING. THE TURBULENCE CAUSED BY THE APPROXIMATELY 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 24KT WINDS RESULTED IN HIM USING A HIGHER POWER SETTING THAN USUAL. RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT HE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND HAD TO DROP THE BANNER AND MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT FORCED LANDING IN A FARM FIELD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND WERE NO INJURIES.

METAR KOXB 231953Z AUTO 22015G22KT 10SM FEW034 28/24 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02830239

Other reports on N766WM · 1

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

Incident 20090912025509ICruise/Level Flight · Dewey Beach, DEAt 1300 hours on September 12, 2009, while flying south over Dewey Beach, DE during a banner tow operation at an altitude of 1200 feet, the pilot reported that the engine lost power after flying three hours into a four-hour operation. The pilot reported…Sep 12, 2009 · Minor damage