- Date
- June 22, 1975
- Place
- Elkhart, IN · ELKHART, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19750622020621A19750622020622A
- Case key
- 149481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1873 75/6/22 ELKHART,IN WACO 1-BA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 2200 TIME - 1340 N12453 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MISHAWAKA PILOTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKHART,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- L WING OF LUSCOMBE STRUCK LWR L WING,RUDDER AND VERT FIN OF WACO.BOTH ACFT SUB DMGD.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1873 75/6/22 ELKHART,IN LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 525 TIME - 1340 N1202K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MISHAWAKA PILOTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKHART,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- GR COLLAPSED DRG GROUND-LOOP ACFT SKIDDED FWD AND STRUCK N12453,SUB DMG.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1202K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mishawaka Pilots
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.
- Registration
- N12453
- Reported as
- Waco 1-BA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mishawaka Pilots
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.