- Date
- August 20, 1977
- Place
- Speedway, IN · SPEEDWAY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65209Evans VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770820028239A
- Case key
- 145805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2614 77/8/20 SPEEDWAY,IN EVANS VP-1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 353 TIME - 1730 N65209 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPEEDWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPEEDWAY,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- INITIAL FLIGHT TEST OF AMATEUR BUILT ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65209
- Reported as
- Evans VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Speedway
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.