- Date
- July 22, 1973
- Place
- Montour Falls, NY · MONTOUR FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N267Volksplane WE-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730722025609A
- Case key
- 189698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1758 73/7/22 MONTOUR FALLS,NY VOLKSPLANE WE-1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1000 N267 PX- 0 0 0 TEST 750 TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRANES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTOUR FALLS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- AILERON PULLEY GUARD NOT INSTALLED ALLOWED AILERON CABLE TO RUN OFF PULLEY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N267
- Reported as
- Volksplane WE-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cranes
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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.