# Accident 19990502004429A: Piper PA18A150, Cross Keys, NJ, May 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Cross Keys, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6894B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6894B-2021-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-C1F (registry code 41573, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-c1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502004429A

## Narrative

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

BANNER-TOWING ACFT LANDED LONG AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON MAY 2, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 EDT, A PIPER PA-15-A150, OPERATED BY HIGH EXPOSURE, INC. ON A BANNER TOWING FLIGHT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE CROSS KEYS AIRPORT (17N), NEW JERSEY.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT WHICH HA D DEPARTED FROM N17 ABOUT 1315 EDT.  WITNESS' AT THE AIRPORT ADIVSED THE AIRCRAFT HAD DROPPED THE BANNER AND WHEN AROUND FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 9/27 AT THE CROSS KEYS AIRPORT, WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ.  IT WAS REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY FOR UNKNOWN REASONS.  LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO THE CRASH SITE AND REPORTED THE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WERE BOTH TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.  THE PILOT STATED: THAT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON A STABILIZED APPROACH PROFILE, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUDDEN AND UNCOMMANDED RH BANK TO 45 DEGREES, AND A SIMULTANEOUS ABRUPT DESCENT.  IMMEDIATE CONTROL INPUTS TO COUNTER THE BANK AND DESCENT HAD NO RESPONSE, AND AN  IMMEDIATE INCREA                                                      SE TO FULL POWER ALSO HAD NO RESPONSE. UPON REALIZING THAT RH WING IMPACT WAS IMMINENT, I CUT THE POWER.  THE RH WING STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESOLD AND THEREAFTER THE PLANE CAME TO REST 20FEET FROM THE RUNWAY IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, AND JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC99LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA103), May 2, 1999: Piper PA-18A-150 (N6894B), Cross Keys, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N6894B (1)

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

- [Incident 19980927032269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980927032269I), Sep 27, 1998: Piper PA18A150 (N6894B), Philidelphia, PA. N6894B, was one of two high exposure banner two aircraft over veteran stadium working the local control east frequency (118.5). At approximately 1738 UTC, the…

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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