- Date
- January 17, 1987, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jobstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4047AMarrone VM-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870117000579A
- Case key
- 30442
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was observed to make a low pass over the arpt, then cont beyond the departure end where the acft flew into a row of trees. Witnesses rprtd the sun was low & that the plt was flying toward the sun. Impact with the trees occurred about 1200 ft from the departure end of rwy 29, near the extended centerline of the rwy. The plt previously held a private plt certificate with a single eng rating. On 8/8/86, his private certificate was suspended after a violation of low flying. As of 8/12/88, FAA records showed he had logged 55 hrs in the marrone VM-1. His last med cert was dated 9/18/84; at that time, he rprtd a total flt time of 700 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4047A
- Reported as
- Marrone VM-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- VM1-5701
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Francis A. Borkowski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 12, 1986
- Departed
- N14 · Lumberton, NJ
- Airport
- 2N6 · Red Wing, runway 29, 2,064 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 55 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WRI, 515 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.