PEMBROKE PINES, FL, USA
N2443G
PIPER PA-18-150
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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