# Accident 20220716007159A: Piper PA-12, Cape May Court, NJ, July 16, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2022, 09:36 local time
- Place: Cape May Court, NJ
- Airport: Paramount Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 1C8J
- Location: 39.0648° N, 74.9086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0648&lon=-74.9086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3703M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3703M-2024-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 203 in this make and model, 259 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA315) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220716007159A

## Narrative

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

A PIPER CRUISER (PA12) WAS ATTEMPTING A BANNER PICK UP MANEUVER AT PARAMOUNT AIRPORT (JY04). AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PICK-UP THE BANNER, HE MISSED THE PICK-UP AND BEGAN HIS CLIMB OUT MANEUVER. THE CLIMB OUT WAS EXTREMELY STEEP, AND AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STALLED/SPUN TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND LEFT WING/NOSE FIRST, FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT.

## 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 ERA22FA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA315), Jul 16, 2022: Piper PA12 (N3703M), Middle Township, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a missed banner pickup, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover.

## Other reports on N3703M (1)

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

- [Incident 20180624012809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180624012809I), Jun 24, 2018: Piper PA-12 (N3703M), Cape May, NJ, Minor damage. At approximately 1930 hours on Sunday, June 24, 2018 an aircraft N3703M, PA-12, S/N/12-2648 was observed by general public flying erratically. Eventually, 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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