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| Date: | Thursday 9 March 2017 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Banners Inc |
| Registration: | N223AB |
| MSN: | 25-3996 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6233 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG), St Petersburg, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Albert Whitted (KSPG) |
| Albert Whitted (KSPG) | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft experienced a runway excursion and subsequent left main landing gear collapse upon landing at Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG) in St Petersburg, Florida. The banner-tow airplane sustained undetermined damage and the sole pilot onboard was not injured.
Sources:
https://patch.com/florida/stpete/banner-pulling-plane-crashes-albert-whitted
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=223ab
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisk48/16140720700
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 September 2005 | N7788Z | Aerial Banners, Inc. | 0 | Opa Locka, Florida | |
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| 23 June 2006 | N7788Z | Aerial Banners, Inc. | 0 | Opa-Locka, Florida | |
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| 5 August 2020 | N223AB | Aerial Banners North, Inc. | 0 | off Miami, FL | |
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| 17 May 2023 | N430AB | Aerial Banners Inc | 1 | Hollywood, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2017 20:36 | Geno | Added |
| 09-Mar-2017 20:37 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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