19790627020809A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Stillmanville, NJ · June 27, 1979

Date
June 27, 1979 · 17:27 local
Place
Stillmanville, NJ
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4293M
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FA050
Reported as
Piper PA12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Picked up banner. Acft stalled. Dropped banner. Acft hit ground in vertical descent. Possible pilot incapacitation

As the FAA filed it

PICKED UP BANNER. ACFT STALLED. DROPPED BANNER. ACFT HIT GROUND IN VERTICAL DESCENT. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.