- Date
- November 12, 1987, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Dekalb, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99VPAlexander Volksplane VP-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871112065029A
- Case key
- 13851
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Analysis
The plt had little experience flying tailwheel equipped acft & had only 10 hrs flt time in this make & model. During arrival, he landed on rwy 27 with a quartering left x-wind that was gusting to 20 KTS. Just before touchdown, a gust of wind caused the acft to bank to the right. Subsequently, it contacted the rwy in a right wing low attitude, bending the right main gear. The acft then veered to the left & the left main gear collapsed, damaging the prop & left wing spar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99VP
- Reported as
- Alexander Volksplane VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 700
- Engine
- Volkswagen UNK, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark E. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- LL53 · Plato Center, IL
- Destination
- DKB
- Airport
- DKB · Dekalb, runway 27, 3,542 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 206 total · 10 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.