- Date
- April 26, 1976
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21DMVolksplane VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760426007579A
- Case key
- 152949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0786 76/4/26 SAN ANTONIO,TX VOLKSPLANE VP-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 654 TIME - 1930 N21DM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWIN OAKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VW ENG.TANK PORT BECAME UNCOVERED.WAS LOCATED IN CENTER,REAR OF TANK LARGER THAN FRONT.HIT DITCHES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21DM
- Reported as
- Volksplane VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twin Oaks
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
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.