N3300K

Preliminary report: On May 16, 2025, about 1642 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Chinook Plus 2, N3300K, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Pittstown, NJ. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness at the airport was a friend of the accident pilot and was standing near his hangar at the time of the accident takeoff. He stated that the pilot had been training in a Piper J3, but did not have any flight experience in the make and model accident airplane. He further stated that the takeoff was the pilot’s first flight in the airplane. Just prior to the takeoff, the pilot…