# Accident 20150810015749A: Wright Daniel J VP-1, Brooksville, FL, August 10, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2015, 10:33 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Hernando County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4736° N, 82.4556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4736&lon=-82.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9288, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9288-2018-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright Daniel J VP-1 (registry code 056295L, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-daniel-j-vp-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerovee 2180 (registry code 01400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerovee-2180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WRIGHT DANIEL J VP-1
- Reported engine: AEROVEE 2180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150810015749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON AUGUST 10, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 LOCAL TIME, A EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT VP-1, N9288, STALLED AND LANDED IN TREES DURING CLIMB OUT FROM RUNWAY 9 AT BROOKSVILLE/HERNANDO AIRPORT (BKV) WHILE ON FIRST FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH NOT THE ORGINAL ENGINE. VFR CONDITIONS AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA, ON AUGUST 10, 2015.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA15LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA306), Aug 10, 2015: Wright Daniel J Volksplane VP-1 (N9288), Brooksville, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff after determining that the engine was not producing adequate power. Contributing to the accident was the engine's inability to produce adequate power for…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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