NTSB investigations: Volkswagen CONVERSION, 1984

6 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Volkswagen CONVERSION. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

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NTSB investigations: Volkswagen CONVERSION, 1984 per year, 1967–2026: 242 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1984
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('63501'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB FTW85LA046Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportReed Bandit 1 · Amarillo, TXThe homebuilt acft, N52957, was observed to land hard, collapse the landing gear & slide into N3376V holding short of the rwy at an intersecting taxiway.Nov 11, 1984 · N51957 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB CHI84LA389Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDenil Sonera II · De Pere, WIPlt stated that on initial climb, he became distracted by an insect in the cockpit and the acft drifted off the right side of the rwy, colliding with telephone lines near the end of the rwy.Sep 10, 1984 · N2265N · Substantial damageNTSB MKC84FA225Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBobby Wayne Watkins Mini Coupe · Nashville, ARThe builder/owner/plt had flown the home built acft for about 10 mins on its 1st test flt which was made a few days prior to the accident. On third flt, he took off on rwy 01, climbed straight-out for awhile, made a left turn to x-wind leg & started a…Jul 21, 1984 · N937BW · DestroyedNTSB FTW84FA290Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportGriffin FG-1A · Mt Pleasant, TXAccording to witnesses, the gyrocopter plt took off & turned onto a left downwind to stay in the traffic pattern for rwy 17. One witness stated that the gyrocopter turned onto final apch at about 300 to 400 ft AGL. Two other witnesses, who reside aprx 1/4 mi…Jun 29, 1984 · N455FG · DestroyedNTSB CHI84LA233Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRobert Judd Sonerai II · Troy, MIThe plt reported that after a local flt he began a reduced power (1800 RPM) descent from 4500 ft MSL back to the arpt. At 3300 ft MSL the eng quit. The plt was unable to restart the eng as the prop was not windmilling & the acft was not equipped with an eng…Jun 13, 1984 · N1394H · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84LA140Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJodell D-9 · Livermore, CAThe plt stated that after departing on rwy 07 for touch and go landings, the eng 'sagged 400-450 RPM.' With insufficientpower for continued flight, he landed in a plowed field. The plt reported carburetor ice.Jan 15, 1984 · N3411G · Substantial damage