# Accident 19870117000579A: Amtrme VM1, Jobstown, NJ, January 17, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1987, 16:00 local time
- Place: Jobstown, NJ
- Airport: Redwing
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0271° N, 74.6909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDWING (2N6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0271&lon=-74.6909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4047A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4047A-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Marrone VM-1 (registry code 05601TD, https://openairdocs.org/model/marrone-vm-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRME VM1
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 55 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87DHD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DHD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870117000579A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES DURING A HIGH SPEED, LOW LEVEL PASS. THE PILOTS CERTIFICATE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVOKED.

## 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 NYC87DHD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DHD04), Jan 17, 1987: Marrone VM-1 (N4047A), Jobstown, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.