- Date
- November 19, 1976
- Place
- Westminster, MD · WESTMINSTER, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60BHEvans VP-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761119037759A
- Case key
- 156212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3711 76/11/19 WESTMINSTER,MD EVANS VP-2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 250 TIME - 1520 N60BH PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTMINSTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTMINSTER,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60BH
- Reported as
- Evans VP-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westminster
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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.