# Accident 19790627020809A: Piper PA12, Stillmanville, NJ, June 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1979, 17:27 local time
- Place: Stillmanville, NJ
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4293M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4293M-1981-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790627020809A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA050), Jun 27, 1979: Piper PA-12 (N4293M), Stillmanville, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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