- Date
- July 22, 1974
- Place
- Clear Lake, CA · CLEAR LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7156Volmer VJ22
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740722023639A
- Case key
- 132521
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2143 74/7/22 CLEAR LAKE,CALIF VOLMER VJ22 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 70, UNK/NR TIME - 1300 N7156 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEAR LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEAR LAKE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) COPILOT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- C/P AT CTLS.FIRST FLT,BEING CKD OUT BY OWNER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7156
- Reported as
- Volmer VJ22
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clear Lake
N7156Registration cancelled Mar 19, 1990 · Meyers VJ-22 SPORTSMANAirframe modelMeyers VJ-22 SPORTSMAN
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.