- Date
- September 29, 1979
- Place
- Potter Valley, CA · POTTER VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37789Volksplane 1
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790929029469A
- Case key
- 133451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2634 79/9/29 NR.POTTER VALLEY,CA VOLKSPLANE 1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 335 TIME - 1801 N37789 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 247 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAVELLY VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODLAND,CA POTTER VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- STALLED DRG RECOVERY FROM WING-OVER MANEUVER AFTR LOW DOWNWIND PASS OVER RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37789
- Reported as
- Volksplane 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gravelly Valley
N37789Registered now · Schuldt VOLKSPLANE-IAirframe modelSchuldt VOLKSPLANE-IEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.