# Incident 20090331010819I: Jacklb MARQUARTM5, Williamstown, NJ, March 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Williamstown, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6842° N, 74.9697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6842&lon=-74.9697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N987JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bigham Jack L MARQUART M 5 CHARGER (registry code 056559W, https://openairdocs.org/model/bigham-jack-l-marquart-m-5-charger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JACKLB MARQUARTM5
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090331010819I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SOTHERN CROSS AIRPORT (CO1), AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 LOCAL HEADING EAST TOWARDS VINELAND-DOWNSTOWN AIRPORT (28N). TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT HE NOTICED ENGINE POWER LOSS.  AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED ON A FARM FIELD LOCATED AT 1736 DUTCH MILL ROAD, FRANKLINVILLE, N.J., WITH NO FURTHER EVENTS.

## Other reports on N987JB (2)

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

- [Accident 20260515005099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260515005099A), May 15, 2026: Bigham Jack L MARQUART M 5 CHARGER (N987JB), Tucson, AZ, Substantial damage. The aircraft crashed into a utility pole after making an emergency landing on a street in Tucson, AZ, just outside of tus airport. The collision with the pole…
- [Incident 19880910059979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880910059979I), Sep 10, 1988: Amtrmq CHARGERMA5 (N987JB), Redding, CA. Forced landing when engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Fuel tank vent tube was bent causing siphoning effect.

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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