- Date
- December 3, 1980
- Place
- Ripley, MS · RIPLEY, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37922Volksplane 2
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801203071099A
- Case key
- 127969
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3401 80/12/3 RIPLEY,MS VOLKSPLANE 2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 500 TIME - 1700 N37922 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON-MCGILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIPLEY,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LOWER RUDDER BUSHING GLUE JOINT CAME LOOSE.PLT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37922
- Reported as
- Volksplane 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson-Mcgill
FAA reports on this event · 1
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