- Date
- July 20, 1982, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2260KEvans VP-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820720032459A
- Case key
- 70906
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,strainer - bentCause
Fluid,fuel - contaminationCause
Forced landing
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The eng quit at about 100 ft AGL after takeoff. The acft struck the ground approximately 80 deg nose down. Inspection of the fuel strainer revealed the screen gasket bent double which would allow foreign matter to enter the carburetor. The fiberglass fuel tank was new, with 36.9 flt hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2260K
- Reported as
- Evans VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- FM 2001
- Airframe hours
- 37
- Engine
- VW 1700, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- G. C. Farron
- Registered owner
- G. C. Farron
- Departed
- Greensboro, NC
- Destination
- Greensboro, NC
- Airport
- Southeast, runway 17, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 1 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.