Piper PA-18-150 N2443G

Summary

On 18 November 1984 at about 16:41 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N2443G was involved in an accident near Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 November 1984 at 16:41

Classification

Accident

Location

Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

North Perry (HWO)

Coordinates

26.0907, -80.1494

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N2443G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA85FA037

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT HAD RECENTLY BEEN CHECKED OUT ON BANNER TOWING OPERATIONS & WAS ON HIS 5TH BANNER TOWING FLT. AFTER TAKING OFF FROM RWY 9R, HE TURNED LEFT, CROSSED TO THE LEFT OF RWY 9L TO A LEFT DOWNWIND & INTENDED TO CONTINUE IN A LEFT PATTERN FOR A BANNER PICK-UP NEAR THE APCH END OF RWY 9L. AS HE WAS PROCEEDING WEST BOUND AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL & 50 MPH, THE ACFT REPORTEDLY BEGAN TO SETTLE. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ENG LOST POWER, BUT HE COULD NOT RECALL WHAT HAD HAPPENED AFTER THAT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND WHEN IT ENTERED A SHALLOW LEFT BANK, THEN REVERSED TO A STEEP RIGHT BANK & CRASHED IN A STEEP DESCENT. ONE WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS PROCEEDING IN AN UNUSUALLY NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, THEN APPEARED TO STALL. DURING A TEARDOWN OF THE ENG, THE LEFT MAGNETO WAS NOTED TO INTERMITTENTLY CROSS FIRE, BUT NO OTHER PRE-ACCIDENT PROBLEMS WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.