- Date
- May 9, 1973
- Place
- Belleville, OH · BELLEVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1470BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1508 73/5/9 BELLEVILLE,OHIO LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 450 TIME - 1013 N1470B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GATTON RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FREDERICKTOWN,OHIO FREDERICKTOWN,OHIO BELLEVILLE,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- LNDD NW TKOF SE STRIP 900FT.PRIOR TO REGAINING FYING SPEED HIT ROSE BUSHES,SKIDDED THROUGH DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1470B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gatton Rla
N1470BRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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.
Other investigations on N1470B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.