- Date
- August 6, 1985, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Oxford, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N168FJJones Marquart MA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850806038639A
- Case key
- 35598
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Before flying a short distance to thomasville to refuel, the plt added 3 to 4 gal of auto fuel to the acft. At thomasville, the acft was serviced with 20.1 gal of aviation fuel. While taxiing to takeoff, the eng stopped & was restarted twice. After departing thomasville, the plt flew to the vicinity of a friend's farm about 11.5 mi away. While maneuvering in that area at about 300 ft AGL, the eng sputtered, stopped & restarted several times. A witness reported that the acft was gradually losing alt & speed when it suddenly made a 'nose dive into the gound.' About 20 sec after impacting, a fire erupted. The plt was found about 30 ft from the wreckage suffering from injuries & burns. He was hospitalized, but died 23 days later. The passenger died on impact & the acft was demolished by fire. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N168FJ
- Reported as
- Jones Marquart MA-5 (MARQUART M)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- FJ-1982
- Airframe hours
- 57
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-C1E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred H. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 5, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- THV · Thomasville, PA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CXY
FAA reports on this event · 1
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