- Date
- April 2, 1978
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N67025Volksplane VP-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780402006439A
- Case key
- 142001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1437 78/4/2 NR.TAMPA,FL VOLKSPLANE VP-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1356 TIME - 1210 N67025 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VANDENBERG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLT STATED THAT PROP RPM OUTPUT WAS INSUFFICIENT FOR SAFE FLT ACCORDING TO ACFT PLANS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67025
- Reported as
- Volksplane VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vandenberg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.