- Date
- July 4, 1984, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bargaintown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3040ZPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840704029629A
- Case key
- 35698
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was on a banner tow mission. Plt dropped banner and initiated a pull-up manuever to go-around and return for a landing. As the plt pulled up, a downdraft was encountered at the end of the field. Plt initiated a right turn and acft continued sinking until contacting trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3040Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6994
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Old Bridge Airport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3N6 · Old Bridge, NJ
- Destination
- 1N6 · Bargaintown, NJ
- Airport
- 1N6 · Nornheim
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,970 total · 27 in this make and model · 5,215 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.