# Incident 20210528004169I: Piper PA-25-260, Palm Beach, FL, May 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2021, 15:30 local time
- Place: Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: R2BJ
- Location: 26.6948° N, 80.0419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6948&lon=-80.0419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N454AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-G1A5 (registry code 42344, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-g1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-G1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,026 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210528004169I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20230525005769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230525005769A), May 25, 2023: Piper PA-25-260 (N454AB), Pembroke Pines, FL, Destroyed. A part 91 commercial operation / banner tow accident occurred on airport after several missed attempts of banner pick ups. Aircraft destroyed and sustained…
- [Incident 20171222023429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171222023429I), Dec 22, 2017: Pa-25-260 PA-25-260 (N454AB), Hollywood, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was pulling his second banner for the day and while over the intercostal waterway he experienced loss of power. He declared mayday and landed in the…

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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