- Date
- October 4, 1976
- Place
- Williamantic, CT · WILLIAMANTIC, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76DLLapointe UP-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761004031729A
- Case key
- 156440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3376 76/10/4 WILLIAMANTIC,CT LAPOINTE UP-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 92 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N76DL PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINDHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMANTIC,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PIC WAS CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST.AIRCAFT CRASHED ATER UNINTENTIONAL LIFTOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76DL
- Reported as
- Lapointe UP-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Windham
N76DLRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 2018 · Lapointe VOLKSPLANE VP-IIAirframe modelLapointe VOLKSPLANE VP-IIEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.