# Accident 19820620023319A: Piper PA18, Highlands, NJ, June 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1982, 14:49 local time
- Place: Highlands, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4042° N, 73.9887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Highlands, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4042&lon=-73.9887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6879B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,914 total, 58 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FHM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FHM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820620023319A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DURING BANNER TOW OPERATION, AIRPLANE CRASHED ON BEACH DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

## 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 NYC82FHM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FHM07), Jun 20, 1982: Piper PA-18-150 (N6879B), Sandy Hook Beac, NJ, substantial damage

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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