- Date
- June 5, 1971
- Place
- Cape May, NJ · CAPE MAY, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9735ZN.American SNJ-4
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162334
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2881 71/6/5 CAPE MAY,NJ N.AMERICAN SNJ-4 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1344 N9735Z PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 39, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE MAY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAPE MAY,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CRASHED AVOIDING MID-AIR COLLISION BETWEEN 2 OTHER ACFT IN LOW LEVEL CLOSED COURSE AIR RACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9735Z
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cape May County
N9735ZRegistration cancelled Aug 24, 1971 · North American AT-6C(SNJ-4)Airframe modelNorth American AT-6C(SNJ-4)
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