- Date
- August 8, 1970
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N77PCVolksplane WE-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1242 70/8/8 AURORA,COLO VOLKSPLANE WE-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1679 TIME - 0925 N77PC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST COLFAX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 20 MIN RECORDED THIS MAKE AND MODEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77PC
- Reported as
- Volksplane WE-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East Colfax
N77PCRegistration cancelled Mar 22, 1971 · Cochran WE-1 VOLKSPLANEAirframe modelCochran WE-1 VOLKSPLANE
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.