- Date
- April 6, 1971
- Place
- El Reno, OK · EL RENO, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11BLVolksplane OL-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0067 71/4/6 EL RENO,OKLA VOLKSPLANE OL-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 44, 609 TIME - 1800 N11BL PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSTANG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL RENO,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- FIRST TEST FLT.APRX 10FT ABV RWY,PLT OVR-CONTROLLED ACFT,PORPOISED,HIT RWY.R GR BRACE CABLE BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11BL
- Reported as
- Volksplane OL-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mustang
N11BLRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2014 · Oberg-Lowell VOLKSPLANE OL-1Airframe modelOberg-Lowell VOLKSPLANE OL-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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.