Norton VOLKSPLANE VP-1 accident near Waconia, MN
On July 1, 2000, a Norton VOLKSPLANE VP-1 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Waconia, MN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 1, 2000
- Place
- Waconia, MN
- Aircraft
- Norton VOLKSPLANE VP-1 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.840°N, 93.790°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21376
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 1, 2000, at 1000 central daylight time, an experimental amateur built Norton Volksplane VP-1, N256DN, piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed on impact with terrain during climbout from runway 27 (2,700 feet by 100 feet, turf) at Molnau Airpark Airport, Waconia, Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. A witness reported, "I heard the plane first before I saw him. He came over the last hanger at the airport and flew over me. He was climbing up into the air when he went to make what looked like a small turn when all of a sudden he turned and went straight down. It didn't look like he was having any trouble before that. I didn't see the crash because he went behind a tree line that blocked him from my view..." A second witness reported, "I saw the plane when it was approx. 150 to 200 feet in the air and slipping toward the ground. The motor was running normal when it fell from my view and the plane was silent. My friend and myself knew it must have crashed as it was too low to recover from the slide..." A third witness reported, "I heard and aircraft departing Rwy 27 @ Waconia, MN (1MN5). It was between 150 and 200 ft above the ground in a rt wing low nose up attitude, quickly changing to nose down vertically. The engine was loud as in full power with no change in sound. The hill between me and the site of the crash prohibited me from seeing the las
Probable cause
the inadvertent stall by the pilot. The low attitude at the time of the stall was a contributing factor.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
