- Date
- August 8, 1992, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Friendswood, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73VPEvans VP-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920808034669A
- Case key
- 18328
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the forced landing. A factor was the engine power loss 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
Shortly after liftoff, the engine RPM began to drop and as it went below 2,200 the airplane was unable to sustain level flight. The pilot subsequently landed hard in an open field and the main landing gear collapsed. The pilot stated that the RPM decrease continued through the descent and touchdown. The cause of the engine power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73VP
- Reported as
- Evans VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JL002
- Engine
- Volkswagen AB49020, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Husband, Bruce C.
- Registered owner
- Husband, Bruce C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 31, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- T02
- Destination
- T02
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 4 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.