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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP2 · Norwood, NY · August 30, 1988

Date
August 30, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Norwood, NY
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8JC
Reported as
Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP2
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW1800VOLKS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total220 in this make and model10 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.

Allowed airspeed to get too low on takeoff. Stalled into tree tops 15 ft high. Pilot to be re-examined.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED AIRSPEED TO GET TOO LOW ON TAKEOFF. STALLED INTO TREE TOPS 15 FT HIGH. PILOT TO BE RE-EXAMINED.