Volksplane VP-1 N21DM

31 August 1975 · Marion, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 August 1975 at about 17:00 local time, a Volksplane VP-1 registered N21DM was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Marion, Texas, 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: 31 August 1975 at 17:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Marion, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Zuehl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Volksplane VP-1
Registration: N21DM
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2324

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

CANOPY CAME LOOSE ON FINAL APCH. PLT TRIED TO CLOSE CANOPY DRG LDG.

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 3-2324, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Nov 1975	Volksplane VP-1 N9042	Galva, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Apr 1975	Volksplane VP-1 N39WA	Utica, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
6 Jun 1974	Volksplane VP-1 N7350	Cibolo, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
26 Apr 1976	Volksplane VP-1 N21DM	San Antonio, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1976	Volksplane VP-1 N3817	Metropolis, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
23 Apr 1974	Volksplane VP-1 N3302	Escondido, California, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-

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