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BFO86FA008

1985-12-01 · MILLVILLE, New Jersey, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MIV

N26FM has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (LODOLCE TIMOTHY C VARI-EZE), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT & HIS WIFE DEPTD SARASOTA FL FOR A 5HR AND 10MIN PLANNED FLT TO MILLVILLE, NJ. 5HRS AND 8MIN LTR THE ACFT CRASHED IN WOODS ABT 2 MILES SHORT OF MIV. FUEL CALCULATIONS INDICATED THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE HAD OVR 11GALS LEFT IN THE TANKS. WITNESSES LOCATED IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 4MILES WEST OF THE ARPT STATED THEY HEARD AND SAW THE ACFT FLYING LOW IN THE AREA. THE WX WAS 300 OBS WITH FOG AND DRIZZLE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_BFO86FA008.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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