- Date
- February 18, 1972
- Place
- Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3470Washburn VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0330 72/2/18 CHANDLER,ARIZ WASHBURN VP-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N3470 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 2110 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STELLAR CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANDLER,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN GAIN ALT,ENG UNDER POWERED.DIDNT RET TO FLD.LND ACROSS FURROWS IN PLOWED FLD.FIRST FLT OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3470
- Reported as
- Washburn VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stellar City
N3470Registration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · US Parachute Serv. VOLKSPLANE VP-1Airframe modelUS Parachute Serv. VOLKSPLANE VP-1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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.