Marrone VM-1 N4047A

Summary

On 17 January 1987 at about 21:00 local time, a Marrone VM-1 registered N4047A was involved in an accident near Jobstown, 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

17 January 1987 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Jobstown, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Red Wing (2N6)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Marrone VM-1

Registration

N4047A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lumberton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87DHD04

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

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.