- Date
- November 23, 1973
- Place
- Uniontown, MD · UNIONTOWN, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47244Volksplane VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731123038049A
- Case key
- 187548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3835 73/11/23 UNIONTOWN,MD VOLKSPLANE VP-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N47244 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 1672 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTMINSTER,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- THROTTLE DISCONNECTED AT CARB WHICH WAS SPRING LOADED TO IDLE.CARB ARM FASTENED WITH NON LOCK NUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47244
- Reported as
- Volksplane VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.