CHI66F0645

NTSB accident investigation · Luscombe 8A · Circleville, OH · March 29, 1966

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 29, 1966
Place
Circleville, OH · CIRCLEVILLE, OH
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N2203BLuscombe 8A
Status
Completed · report May 5, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
172528

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0605  66/3/29    CIRCLEVILLE OHIO    LUSCOMBE 8A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 47, 21 TOTAL
        TIME - 1605                    N2203B              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ELSEA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND

Aircraft

Registration
N2203B
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Elsea

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.