Volksplane JP-1 N2063

26 March 1976 · New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 26 March 1976 at about 16:45 local time, a Volksplane JP-1 registered N2063 was involved in an accident during in flight near New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, 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: 26 March 1976 at 16:45
Classification: Accident
Location: New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Volksplane JP-1
Registration: N2063
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Middletown, Pa → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0559

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

ENGINE STOPPED, PILOT STRETCHED GLIDE TO CLEAR TREES FOR FORCED LANDING.RT WING STALLED 45 FT AGL.

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 3-0559, 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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