- Date
- March 22, 1981
- Place
- Weston, WI · WESTON, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3875Volksplane VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810322011099A
- Case key
- 126825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0345 81/3/22 WESTON,WI VOLKSPLANE VP-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 357 TIME - 1225 N3875 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTON,WI WAUSAU,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- APPROX 30LBS OVR G/WT.TKOF FM 4IN HIGH GRASS STRIP W HIGH-TENSION LINES AT DEPT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3875
- Reported as
- Volksplane VP-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Field
N3875Registration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Harvey-Olk VOLKSPLANE VP-1Airframe modelHarvey-Olk VOLKSPLANE VP-1Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.