Volksplane WE-I N44CL

31 August 1974 · Canandaigua, New York, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 31 August 1974 at about 14:00 local time, a Volksplane WE-I registered N44CL, operated by EAA Chapter 44, was involved in an accident during in flight near Canandaigua, New York, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 August 1974 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Canandaigua, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Hopewell
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Volksplane WE-I
Registration: N44CL
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: EAA Chapter 44
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2780

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

REWORKED BEARING SEIZED.LNDD IN CORN FLD.

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 3-2780, 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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