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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1 · Dover, DE · June 23, 1978

Date
June 23, 1978 · 19:30 local
Place
Dover, DE
Airport
Chandelle
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3848
Reported as
Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
43 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot was conducting high speed taxi tests when plane became airborne and struck a telephone pole.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTS WHEN PLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE.