- Date
- July 18, 1974
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88DSEvans VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740718022829A
- Case key
- 128685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2050 74/7/18 BOULDER,COLO EVANS VP-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 403 TIME - 1745 N88DS PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 12000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- VOLKSWAGON-REVSON 60HP ENG.DA 8900FT.UN CLIMB OVER WIRES,DOVE UNDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88DS
- Reported as
- Evans VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N88DSRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Hi-Country Taildraggers EVANS VP-1Airframe modelHi-Country Taildraggers EVANS VP-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.