- Date
- March 24, 1977
- Place
- Langley, WA · LANGLEY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N117JSVolmer VT22
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770324006849A
- Case key
- 157976
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0962 77/3/24 LANGLEY,WA VOLMER VT22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 613 TIME - 1230 N117JS PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANGLEY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HOMEBUILT ACFT.FIRST FLT.PLT PRACTICING AT MIN CTL SPEED.PLT STATES,CTLS INEFFECTIVE IN SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117JS
- Reported as
- Volmer VT22
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Porters Field
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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.