- Date
- December 24, 1967
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N71596Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112676
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4528 67/12/24 FAIRBANKS,ALAS LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 4 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N71596 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILLIPS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT WITH 4 HOURS DUAL INSTRUCTION,HAD NOT BEEN SOLOED BY INSTRUCTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71596
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phillips Field
N71596Registration cancelled Mar 25, 2013 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.