Piper PA-25-150 N6242Z

Summary

On 27 April 1986 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-25-150 registered N6242Z, operated by Flight Banner's, Inc., was involved in an accident near Braselton, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1986 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Braselton, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

34.1290, -83.7998

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-150

Registration

N6242Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Banner's, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Stone Mountain → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL86LA119

Nobody was 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 PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE RPM DECREASED WHILE CONDUCTING A BANNER TOW FLIGHT AND THAT THE ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY QUIT. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED IN A FIELD OF AN AUTO RACE TRACK WHERE A TELEPHONE POLE WAS STRUCK DURING THE LANDING ROLL. TEMPERATURE WAS 92 DEGREES F AND THE DENSITY WAS 3300 FEET. AUTOMOTIVE FUEL WAS BEING USED. TEMPERATURE ON PREVIOUS DAYS WAS MUCH COOLER. CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARBUERTOR ICING. OPERATOR FAILED TO NOTIFY INVESTIGATOR WHEN AIRPLANE HAD BEEN RECOVERED SO ENGINE COULD BE EXAMINED FURTHER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.