Volksplane VP-1 N3875

22 March 1981 · Weston, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 March 1981 at about 12:25 local time, a Volksplane VP-1 registered N3875 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Weston, Wisconsin, 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: 22 March 1981 at 12:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Weston, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport: Farm Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Volksplane VP-1
Registration: N3875
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Wausau, Wi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0345

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

APPROX 30LBS OVR G/WT.TKOF FM 4IN HIGH GRASS STRIP W HIGH-TENSION LINES AT DEPT END.

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 3-0345, 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
21 Nov 1981	Volksplane VP-1 N92217	St Joseph, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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29 Sep 1979	Volksplane VP-1 N655	Plainfield, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
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26 Feb 1977	Volksplane VP-1 N9228	Julian, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1977	Volksplane VP-1 N64619	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

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