# Accident 19920805029129A: Piper STCPA12, Wildwood, NJ, August 5, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1992, 11:26 local time
- Place: Wildwood, NJ
- Airport: Cape May County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4280M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4280M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA12
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,125 total, 241 in this make and model, 320 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC92LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920805029129A

## Narrative

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

FLEW LOW OVER AIRPORT TO DROP NOTE PRIOR BANNER PICK UP. FAILED NOTE TREES AND STRUCK SAME. BLAMED DOWNDRAFT.

## 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 NYC92LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA142), Aug 5, 1992: Piper PA-12 (N4280M), Green Creek, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION FROM FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND DID NOT MAINTAIN A VISUAL LOOKOUT, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH TREES.

## Other reports on N4280M (1)

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

- [Incident 19870628041919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870628041919I), Jun 28, 1987: Piper PA12 (N4280M), Cape May, NJ, Minor damage. Banner tow aircrafts engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Banner hungup on tailwheel. Landed in a field.

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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