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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-260 · Palm Beach, FL · May 28, 2021

Date
May 28, 2021 · 15:30 local
Place
Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
R2BJ
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N454AB
Reported as
Piper PA-25-260
Reported engine
Lycoming O-540-G1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,026 total

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.

On may 28, 2021, at approximately 1530 eastern standard time, a Piper pawnee PA-25-260 (N454AB), registered to privacy data omitted out of pembroke pines, FL was on a 14 CFR part 91 flight performing a banner towing operation. At a mile offshore and an altitude of 1,000 feet, the commercially rated pilot experienced a rough running engine. After dropping his banner, he made the decision that the aircraft was still unsafe to fly, and made an uneventful emergency landing on the Beach, a half mile south of jupiter inlet, FL. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was not damaged.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 28, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PAWNEE PA-25-260 (N454AB), REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OUT OF PEMBROKE PINES, FL WAS ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT PERFORMING A BANNER TOWING OPERATION. AT A MILE OFFSHORE AND AN ALTITUDE OF 1,000 FEET, THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. AFTER DROPPING HIS BANNER, HE MADE THE DECISION THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL UNSAFE TO FLY, AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE BEACH, A HALF MILE SOUTH OF JUPITER INLET, FL. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.

Other reports on N454AB · 2

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