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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP2 · Potter Valley, CA · September 29, 1979

Date
September 29, 1979 · 18:01 local
Place
Potter Valley, CA
Airport
Gravelly Valley
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N37789
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DVG81
Reported as
Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
335 total247 in this make and model30 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.

Pilot made a low pass over runway, pulled up into a wing-over maneuver and stalled.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY, PULLED UP INTO A WING-OVER MANEUVER AND STALLED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.