Thursday, March 12, 2015

Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee B, N86AB, Aerial Banners Inc: Incident occurred March 12, 2015 near North Perry Airport (KHWO), Hollywood, Florida

Regis#: N86AB 
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA25
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: NORTH PERRY
State: Florida
Operation: 91
FAA FSDO: FAA Orlando FSDO-15

AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A MARSH DUE TO AN ENGINE FAILURE, 13 MILES WEST OF THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, FL.

http://registry.faa.gov/N86AB 


PEMBROKE PARK, Fla.

A pilot survived a plane crash in western Broward County on Thursday, in the latest incident involving a plane operated by Aerial Banners Inc.

The single-engine plane crashed in some marsh water about 3 miles west of U.S. Highway 27. The pilot didn't appear to be hurt and was rescued by a Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter.

BSO Capt. Kevin Butler said the plane's engine lost power shortly after takeoff from North Perry General Aviation Airport.

Local 10 News reached out to Aerial Banners Inc., but nobody there would comment on the crash.

***March 19, 2011

On March 19, 2011 another pilot was forced to make a hard landing at North Perry Airport after his banner plane lost power mid-flight.

That pilot was not injured, although the plane was badly damaged.

***March 7, 2014

On March 7, 2014 a banner plane crashed into a lake in northeast Miami-Dade County near Interstate 95.

The pilot, Rob Ramirez, told Local 10 News that he had been in the air for more than three hours and was returning to North Perry Airport when the plane lost engine power.

A man and his son helped pull Ramirez out of the water.

***Sept. 6, 2014

 On Sept. 6, 2014, a pilot crashed another banner plane off Miami Beach. The pilot, Brian Haggerty, told Local 10 News that years on flying experience is likely what saved his life.

Haggerty said he was on the last run of a 2-hour banner plane flight when the engine lost power. He said he cut the banner loose while he was 500 feet in the air, and tried to glide to a soft landing, but he didn't have enough air speed to get the nose fully up.

Haggerty suffered a minor cut to his forehead in the crash.

Haggerty climbed out of the plane's window and a man on a jet ski nearby took him to shore.

The cause of Thursday's crash remains under investigation.

Story,  comments and photo gallery:    http://www.local10.com


WEST BROWARD, Fla. (WSVN) -- Rescue crews came to the aid of a pilot after his banner plane went down in the Florida Everglades, Thursday afternoon.

According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the pilot was heading back to North Perry Airport when his yellow Pawnee plane lost power over the Everglades about three miles west of US-27, near the intersection of Krome Avenue and Okeechobee Road in West Broward, around 1:30 p.m. He attempted to execute a controlled crash landing, but the single-engine plane overturned on impact.

The pilot, who works for Aerial Banners, Inc., then pulled himself out of the plane and stood on its underside to wait for air rescue crews. He seemed very calm, casually pulling out his cellphone as he waited. "Well, it looks like apparently the pilot had to swim from the plane, so it's heavy sawgrass and water," said BSO Captain Kevin Butler. "[He] tried to make it to the airport. However, [he] did a control crash into the swamp area."

The crash was so far out in the Everglades that rescue crews had to approach the stranded pilot by air. A Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter hovered close to the aircraft and the pilot was able to climb on board. Rescuers dropped off the pilot at the corner of US-27 and Pines Boulevard, where he was checked out by Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue.

The pilot was treated and spoke with detectives but was not transported to the hospital. He later went back to the site of the crash in a boat along with the owner of Aerial Banners to explain to investigators what happened.

The plane will be disassembled and then brought back to Max's Fish Camp in Northwest Miami-Dade, an endeavor that will likely take hours. "We're going to go out there right now and see what kind of recovery we can make of the airplane," said Butler.

Story, video and photo gallery:   http://www.wsvn.com







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