- Date
- November 17, 1974
- Place
- Perry, NY · PERRY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51609Volksplane VP1
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741117039459A
- Case key
- 144467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3914 74/11/17 PERRY,NY VOLKSPLANE VP1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 252 TIME - 1515 N51609 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERRY WARSAW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERRY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51609
- Reported as
- Volksplane VP1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Perry Warsaw
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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