Volksplane WE-1 N2452

14 July 1973 · Rogersville, Tennessee, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 July 1973 at about 14:15 local time, a Volksplane WE-1 registered N2452 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Rogersville, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 July 1973 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Rogersville, Tennessee, United States
Nearest airport: Hawkins Co
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Volksplane WE-1
Registration: N2452
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1674

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER LIFT OFF, LOST DIRECTIONAL CTL & CUT PWR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1674, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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30 Sep 1990	Volksplane WE-1 N91RR	El Mirage, California, United States no coordinates	Turner, Fred L.	Serious injuries	-

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