- Date
- April 13, 1968
- Place
- Troy, MI · TROY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45472Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0937 68/4/13 TROY,MICH LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N45472 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: BAFFLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOLE IN LFT EXH STACK JUST BELOW NO 2 INTAKE ELBOW.ELBOW AND GASKET BURNED.EXH STACKS RUST PITTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45472
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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