# NTSB NYC84FNC01: Evans VP-2, N38217, Mechanic Falls, ME, April 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 14, 1984, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place: Mechanic Falls, ME
- Location: 44.1117° N, 70.3941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mechanic Falls, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1117&lon=-70.3941&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FNC01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35412/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FNC01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - lift-off - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE INADVERTENTLY WHILE HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTING THE ENGINE. ON FINAL APCH BACK TO THE ARPT CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT FLEW INTO TREES PARALLEL TO THE RWY. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND BY INVESTIGATORS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N38217](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38217-2012-09-17), registration cancelled 2012-09-17, S/N VP2-1434 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Evans Aircraft VP-2
- Registry model: [Leland EVANS VP-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/leland-evans-vp-2) (registry code 0562606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: Volkswagen 1800CC reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mark V. Dufault
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 20 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840414013759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840414013759A), Apr 14, 1984: Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP2, Mechanic Falls, ME, Destroyed. Became airborne during a high speed taxi test. Lost control and crashed into trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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