# Accident 20080831845569A: Piper PA18, Camarillo, CA, August 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2008, 09:22 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2158° N, 119.0794° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2158&lon=-119.0794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7482D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080831845569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/31/2008 AT 0922 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A BANNER N7482D A PA-18 MADE A LOW AND FLAT APPROACH, THEN PROCEEDED TO SNAGGED THE BANNER PICK UP ROPE AROUND THE AMIN LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE PICK-UP AT 200 FEET AGL.  THE PILOT RELEASED THE TOW CABLE THEN CONTINEUED TO NOSE OVER IMPACTING THE GROUND AT A THIRTY DEGREE ANGLE WITH FULL POWER.  THE PILOT WAS KILLED UPON IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN.

## 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 SEA08LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA192), Aug 31, 2008: Piper PA-18-150 (N7482D), Camarillo, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to fly the correct approach profile that resulted in the inadvertent pickup of a banner tow line with the airplane's main landing gear.

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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