- Date
- September 7, 1970
- Place
- Fulton, NY · FULTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N178RWVolmer VJ-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3691 70/9/7 FULTON,NY VOLMER VJ-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 872 TIME - 1320 N178RW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OSWEGO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULTON,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SURGED,TKOF.QUIT,DOWNWIND.CRASHED LNDD TO AVD WIRES.FUELED 2WKS BFR.ABT 10 OZ WATER DRAINED,TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N178RW
- Reported as
- Volmer VJ-22
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oswego County
N178RWRegistration cancelled Mar 17, 1971 · Volmer Sportsman VJ22Airframe modelVolmer Sportsman VJ22
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.