- Date
- August 4, 1986, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cranford, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2TWWard Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860804037399A
- Case key
- 30223
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fuel supply - inadequate
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses heard the aircraft engine pop, sputter and then go silent. The aircraft was observed to continually lose altitude, then visual contact was lost due to the tree line. Post-accident wreckage examination disclosed no evidence of fuel on board the aircraft. The plts flt time was not reported or available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2TW
- Reported as
- Ward Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 73
- Engine
- unknown UNK, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edwin Arthur Tarr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- LDJ · Linden, NJ
- Destination
- LDJ · Linden, NJ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.