ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239143
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 August 2020 |
| Time: | 12:33 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Banners North, Inc. |
| Registration: | N223AB |
| MSN: | 25-3996 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7639 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-B2C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Miami, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Hollywood-North Perry Airport, FL (HWO/KHWO) |
| Hollywood-North Perry Airport, FL (HWO/KHWO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot departed on a banner tow flight and after takeoff, as part of his procedures, briefly checked two times for carburetor ice. Prior to beginning a descent, he applied carburetor heat a third time, but before he had time to adjust the throttle, the engine lost total power. Unable to restore power he maneuvered over water and dropped the banner as to avoid injury to any persons or property then maneuvered for a forced landing on a road. After touchdown on the road, the airplane collided with a fence and went down a slight embankment before coming to rest upright.
Postaccident examination and operational test run of the engine, as well as the carburetor heat system, revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
The weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the formation of carburetor icing at glide (idle) and cruise engine power settings. Thus, it is likely that during cruise flight before the third application of carburetor heat, carburetor ice formed that was not detected by the pilot.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice that was not detected by the pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA20LA275
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N223AB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 September 2005 | N7788Z | Aerial Banners, Inc. | 0 | Opa Locka, Florida | |
sub |
| 23 June 2006 | N7788Z | Aerial Banners, Inc. | 0 | Opa-Locka, Florida | |
sub |
| 9 March 2017 | N223AB | Aerial Banners Inc | 0 | Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG), St Petersburg, FL | |
unk |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 17 May 2023 | N430AB | Aerial Banners Inc | 1 | Hollywood, FL | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2020 19:59 | harro | Added |
| 05-Aug-2020 20:03 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2020 20:04 | harro | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 07-Aug-2020 12:44 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Aug-2020 21:52 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2022 19:17 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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