- Date
- July 10, 1991, 19:15 local (Jul 11, 1991, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Woodbranch, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N37898Morrison-Keitel VOLKSPLANE-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910710027009A
- Case key
- 23219
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Probable cause
The airplane's collision with trees for undetermined reasons.
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
Witnesses stated that they observed the airplane circling above trees prior to the accident and some of the witnesses stated that they heard the engine 'sputtering.' The airplane collided with trees, rolled inverted, and subsequently impacted the ground in a 45 degree nose down, wings level attitude. No evidence of pre-impact airframe failure was found and no determination was made as to engine operation at the time of the accident. The pilot had logged about 12 hours in the accident airplane, one of which was in the 90 days preceding the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37898
- Reported as
- Morrison-Keitel VOLKSPLANE-1 (VOLKSPLANE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- KM1-65
- Engine
- Lycoming O-145-D, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bobby L. Welch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 9SX2 · Porter, TX
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 219 total · 12 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.