# NTSB FTW83FA250: Evans VP-1, N2VC, Friendswood, TX, May 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1983, 08:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place: Friendswood, TX
- Location: 29.5077° N, 95.2006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friendswood, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5077&lon=-95.2006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20726
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83FA250
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20726/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA250

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Evans Aircraft VP-1
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: VP-1
- Airframe hours: 13
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830528021569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830528021569A), May 28, 1983: Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1, Friendswood, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during steep low level turn when wing hit ground maneuvering over airport.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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