- Date
- July 5, 1975
- Place
- Boise, ID · BOISE, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48196Volksplane VP-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750705018919A
- Case key
- 149462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1849 75/7/5 BOISE,ID VOLKSPLANE VP-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 4568 TIME - 1215 N48196 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRAWBERRY GLEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOISE,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HI SPEED TAXI,BECAME AIRBORNE.R WG RIB STITCHING RESTRICTED AIL CABLE MOVEMENT.HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48196
- Reported as
- Volksplane VP-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Strawberry Glen
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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.