# Accident 20220528007919A: Piper PA-12, North Myrtle Be, SC, May 28, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2022, 14:18 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 84MJ
- Location: 33.8115° N, 78.7253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8115&lon=-78.7253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4421M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4421M-2023-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220528007919A

## Narrative

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

AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL BANNER DROP, PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP SECOND BANNER. THE BANNER LINE WAS CAUGHT, AND PLANE WAS EXECUTING THE NOSE UP MANEUVER, BUT CONTINUED THE NOSE UP ATTITUDE PAST THE NORMAL AMOUNT ALL THE WAY UP TO NEAR VERTICAL, STALLING THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE DID A STALL SPIN BACK TO THE GROUND. WITNESSES STATED PLANE WAS PRODUCING FULL POWER BY THE SOUND OF THE ENGINE. ESTIMATED NOSE UP ATTITUDE WAS NEAR VERTICAL. ESTIMATED HEIGHT WAS ABOUT 150 FEET. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT APPROX THE POINT WHERE THE BANNER LAY IN IT'S PREPED POSITION. ALL OF THE LINE LAY PILED AS IT FELL , INDICATING A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT BACK TO THE GROUND. NO POST CRASH FIRE, AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND THE PILOT DECEASED AT THE SCENE.

## 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 ERA22FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA243), May 28, 2022: Piper PA-12 (N4421M), North Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in a subsequent aerodynamic stall at an altitude that was too low for recovery.

## Other reports on N4421M (3)

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

- [Incident 20210919016199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210919016199I), Sep 19, 2021: Piper PA-12 (N4421M), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. Eon-dra message text: Myrtle beach, SC: N4421M, PA12, made an emergency landing on the beach near 82nd ave due to the aircraft experiencing a sudden loss of…
- [Incident 20140704013649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140704013649I), Jul 4, 2014: Piper PA-12 (N4421M), N. Myrtle Beach, SC, No damage. On July 4, 2014 at approximately 1330, a parasail was struck by an aircraft banner in the vicinity of 17th street south in north Myrtle Beach, SC. The parasail…
- [Incident 19970528016539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970528016539I), May 28, 1997: Piper PA12 (N4421M), Myrtle Beach, SC, Minor damage. Narrative: Mr. Kinney did a wheel landing in a PA-12, N4421M, in gusty wind with a slight tailwind. As the aircraft slowed and directional control diminished,…

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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