Ward SKYBOLT N2TW

Summary

On 4 August 1986 at about 19:00 local time, a Ward SKYBOLT registered N2TW was involved in an accident near Cranford, New Jersey, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 August 1986 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cranford, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Ward SKYBOLT

Registration

N2TW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Linden → Linden

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FHM04

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.