# Accident 19910629025079A: Piper STCJ5, Berlin, MD, June 29, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1991, 12:10 local time
- Place: Berlin, MD
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3501° N, 75.1294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3501&lon=-75.1294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N763WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N763WM-1993-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J5A (registry code 7100702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCJ5
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 791 total, 118 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO91FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910629025079A

## Narrative

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

TOW ROPE FOULED RUDDER ON PICKUP. DROPPED BANNER BUT STALLED AND SPUN IN. FAILED TO WATCH AIRSPEED.

## 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 BFO91FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91FA060), Jun 29, 1991: Piper J5 (N763WM), Berlin, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQATE AIRSPEED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO STALL.

## Other reports on N763WM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880709044259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880709044259I), Jul 9, 1988: Piper J5A (N763WM), Newburyport, MA, Minor damage. Banner rope tangled. Pilot elected to land with it attached. Banner snagged on wet spots. Nosed over on its back.

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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