- Date
- May 28, 1983, 08:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Friendswood, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2VCEvans VP-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528021569A
- Case key
- 20726
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with the ground during a tight steep turn at low (100 ft) alt. Witnesses reported that the eng was running well and that after flying the length of the rwy at low alt the plt made a steep left turn and crashed. Witnesses said the plt had initially soloed only a few days before the accident. His total time in this acft was estimated at less than 3 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2VC
- Reported as
- Evans VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- VP-1
- Airframe hours
- 13
- Engine
- Volkswagen I-1600, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lewis Danny Tassin
- Registered owner
- Steven K. Musselman
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 23, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- T02 · Clover Field, runway 32, 4,300 × 70 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.