- Date
- June 5, 1971
- Place
- North Cape May, NJ · NORTH CAPE MAY, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161491
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1695 71/6/5 NORTH CAPE MAY,NJ N.AMERICAN AT-6D CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1540 N1974M PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 32, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE MAY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH CAPE MAY,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NR5 PSN,6 PYLON 3.1MI AIR RACE.OVERTOOK N1046C,HIT RUDDER,CANOPY.OUTER 10FT WING SEPD.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1695 71/6/5 NORTH CAPE MAY,NJ N.AMERICAN SNJ-5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1540 N1046C PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 42, 13421 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 830 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE MAY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH CAPE MAY,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. REMARKS- NR4 PSN.HIT WHEN OVERTAKEN BY N1974M. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER DMG.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1046C
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape May County
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.
- Registration
- N1974M
- Reported as
- N.American AT-6D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cape May County
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.
Other investigations on N1046C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.