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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtren VOLKSPLANE* · Weston, WI · March 22, 1981

Date
March 22, 1981 · 12:25 local
Place
Weston, WI
Airport
Wausau Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3875
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81DEP13
Reported as
Amtren VOLKSPLANE*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
356 total62 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.

Unable to clear wires after takeoff from strip with tall grass. Landed under wires. Struck ditch. Over gross.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CLEAR WIRES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM STRIP WITH TALL GRASS. LANDED UNDER WIRES. STRUCK DITCH. OVER GROSS.

NTSB investigation

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