# Accident 20000417043279A: Piper PA12, Norfolk, MA, April 17, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2000, 12:20 local time
- Place: Norfolk, MA
- Airport: Norfolk Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1195° N, 71.3251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1195&lon=-71.3251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3813M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3813M-2000-09-08) (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 O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,498 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000417043279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FATAL, N3813M, PA12-12, EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AFTER PICKING UP A BANNER AT NORFOLK AIRPORT, MA AT 1222 EDT, 04/17/00. PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR IS MS. LEAH YEAGER FROM THE PARSIPPANY NY OFFICE. ALSO, AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATORS FROM LYCOMINT (TEXTRON) MANUF. AND PIPER AIRCRAFT INC. WERE PRESENT DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THIS ACCIDENT WAS VIDEOTAPED, IT SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT FLYING INTO PICK UP THE BANNER ROPE THEN START A SHARP CLIMB. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THE ENGINE STALLED. THE PLANE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FEET WHEN IT NOSED OVER WITHOUT POWER. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A DESCENT THE ENGINE WAS HEARD AGAIN BRIEFLY JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THIS WAS THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT CATCHING THE ROPE; THE ROPE NEVER BECAME TAUT.

## 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 IAD00FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00FA038), Apr 17, 2000: Piper PA-12 (N3813M), Norfolk, MA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of power for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an inadvertent stall during at banner pick-up.

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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