# Incident 20170623006909I: Piper PA-18A 150, Bishopville, MD, June 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2017, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bishopville, MD
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OLUJ
- Location: 38.4386° N, 75.2095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bishopville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4386&lon=-75.2095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N766WM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A 150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 600 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170623006909I

## Narrative

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

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.

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## Other reports on N766WM (1)

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

- [Incident 20090912025509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090912025509I), Sep 12, 2009: Piper PA-18A 150 (N766WM), Dewey Beach, DE, Minor damage. At 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…

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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