# NTSB NYC87DHD04: Marrone VM-1, N4047A, Jobstown, NJ, January 17, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: January 17, 1987, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Jobstown, NJ
- Location: 40.0309° N, 74.7005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jobstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0309&lon=-74.7005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87DHD04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30442/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DHD04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4047A-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N VM1-5701 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MARRONE VM-1
- Registry model: [Marrone VM-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/marrone-vm-1) (registry code 05601TD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: VM1-5701
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870117000579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870117000579A), Jan 17, 1987: Amtrme VM1, Jobstown, NJ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft struck trees during a high speed, low level pass. The pilots certificate had been previously revoked.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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