19880226003749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1 · Fort Payne, AL · February 26, 1988

Date
February 26, 1988 · 11:45 local
Place
Fort Payne, AL
Airport
Isbell Field Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N18JW
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88DKG04
Reported as
Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total

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.

Became airborne by mistake on a high speed taxi test followed by a stall and a spin into the ground.

As the FAA filed it

BECAME AIRBORNE BY MISTAKE ON A HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST FOLLOWED BY A STALL AND A SPIN INTO THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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