Mockrud VOLKSPLANE N4244R

Summary

On 31 August 1983 at about 21:00 local time, a Mockrud VOLKSPLANE registered N4244R was involved in an accident near Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 August 1983 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Flying Hoof (52C)

Coordinates

43.0803, -89.1990

Aircraft

Mockrud VOLKSPLANE

Registration

N4244R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA404

1 person was seriously injured.

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

THE OWNER OF THE NEW HOME BUILT ACFT HAD GIVEN THE PLT PERMISSION TO TAXI THE PLANE, BUT NOT TO TAKEOFF. THE PLT STATED THAT HE INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE WHILE MAKING A HIGH SPEED TAXI CHECK, THEN THE ENG LOST POWER. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE WHEN IT WAS APRX HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY, THEN IT CLIMBED ABOUT 30 FT, TRAVELED APRX 250 FT OFF THE END OF THE RWY & BEGAN LOSING ALTITUDE. THE PLT INITIATED A LEFT TURN & CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE ACFT HAD NO PREVIOUS FLT TIME & THE PLT HAD NO PREVIOUS FLT TIME IN THE MAKE & MODEL. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE PLT & OWNER COULD NOT BE CONTACTED TO VERIFY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE REPORTED ENG FAILURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.