- Date
- August 31, 1975
- Place
- Marion, TX · MARION, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21DMVolksplane VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750831026749A
- Case key
- 150972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2324 75/8/31 MARION,TX VOLKSPLANE VP-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 503 TIME - 1700 N21DM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZUEHL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,TX 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 - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- CANOPY CAME LOOSE ON FINAL APCH. PLT TRIED TO CLOSE CANOPY DRG LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21DM
- Reported as
- Volksplane VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zuehl
N21DMRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Mccormick VOLKSPLANE VP-1Airframe modelMccormick VOLKSPLANE VP-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N21DM · 1
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