- Date
- March 19, 1972
- Place
- Auburn, IN · AUBURN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71823Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166492
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1266 72/3/19 AUBURN,IND LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N71823 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHERIDAN,IND AUBURN,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 47 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71823
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dekalb County
N71823Registration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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