- Date
- August 19, 1978
- Place
- Jasper, AL · JASPER, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2257XVolksplane II
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780819027019A
- Case key
- 140146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2495 78/8/19 JASPER,AL VOLKSPLANE II CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 323 TIME - 1730 N2257X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JASPER,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF REMARKS- PLT RPTD ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2257X
- Reported as
- Volksplane II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walker County
N2257XRegistration cancelled Jul 26, 1982 · Bray-Max VOLKSPLANE IIAirframe modelBray-Max VOLKSPLANE II
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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.