- Date
- May 28, 1970
- Place
- Monticello, KY · MONTICELLO, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1685KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2356 70/5/28 MONTICELLO,KY LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 150 TIME - 1930 N1685K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTICELLO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKLIN,IND ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF FROM NARROW COUNTRY LANE AFT PRECAUTIONARY LDG ON FARM FLD TO CHECK HIS LOCATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1685K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monticello
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