- Date
- August 31, 1974
- Place
- Canandaigua, NY · CANANDAIGUA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44CLVolksplane WE-I
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740831028069A
- Case key
- 136785
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2780 74/8/31 CANANDAIGUA,NY VOLKSPLANE WE-I CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2000 TIME - 1400 N44CL PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPEWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANANDAIGUA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REWORKED BEARING SEIZED.LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44CL
- Reported as
- Volksplane WE-I
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopewell
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.