# Accident 19921017042409A: Piper PA12, Cedar Springs, GA, October 17, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1992, 14:45 local time
- Place: Cedar Springs, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1873° N, 85.0324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Springs, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1873&lon=-85.0324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2479M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2479M-1993-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921017042409A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED IN SLOW FLIGHT LOW OVER TREES ON PHOTO FLIGHT. WRECKAGE INDICATES STALL INTO OPEN FIELD.

## 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 ATL93FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA012), Oct 17, 1992: Piper PA-12 (N2479M), Cedar Springs, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PRIVATE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALLING SPEED, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER ALTITUDE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT, LOW ALTITUDE STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WIND…

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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