- Date
- June 5, 1971
- Place
- North Cape May, NJ · NORTH CAPE MAY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4042 71/6/5 NORTH CAPE MAY,NJ N.AMERICAN AT-6D CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3000 TIME - 1344 N5489V PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 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) MISC-INADQT CLNC BTN ACFT DRG CLSD CRS AIR RACE. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 15 REMARKS- PULLED UP,SLIGHTLY RIGHT,INTO N3626F DRG 3RD LAP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4042 71/6/5 NORTH CAPE MAY,NJ N.AMERICAN SNJ-5 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1520 TIME - 1344 N3626F PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 475 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 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) MISC-INADQT CLNC BTN ACFT DRG CLSD CRS AIR RACE. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 15 REMARKS- RACE CNLD 3RD LAP BY SMK BMB,PRIOR ACDNT 1ST LAP
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3626F
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-5
- 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.
- Registration
- N5489V
- 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.