- Date
- December 20, 1974
- Place
- Loda, IL · LODA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71446Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741220043709A
- Case key
- 146414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4346 74/12/20 LODA,ILL LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 396 TIME - 1000 N71446 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 245 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP URBANA,ILL GRIFFITH,IND CHAMPAIGN,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FWD VERT STABILIZER ATTACHMENT BRACKET NR 28444 BROKE.PART RCVRY FM SPIN HIT GND ABT 25 DEG ANGLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71446
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N71446 · 1
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