- Date
- May 21, 1966
- Place
- Ransom, MI · RANSOM, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1749KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1049 66/5/21 NR.RANSOM MICH LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1630 N1749K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 20, 406 TOTAL HOURS, 128 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- CANADIAN PILOT.RUTS BOUNCED ACFT INTO THE AIR-PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REMAIN AIRBORNE,THEN ABORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1749K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Strip
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