- Date
- February 26, 1988, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Payne, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N18JWWeber Evans VF-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880226003749A
- Case key
- 7534
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 control - in flight
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Lift-off - inadvertentCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18JW
- Reported as
- Weber Evans VF-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1JW
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1600 CC, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Holcomb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 4, 1987 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 4A9
- Destination
- 4A9
- Airport
- 4A9 · Isbell Field
N18JWRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · Weber EVANS VP-1Airframe modelWeber EVANS VP-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 72 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.