- Date
- April 11, 1976
- Place
- Glen, MI · GLEN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1449BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760411008489A
- Case key
- 153025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0690 76/4/11 GLEN,MI LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1540 N1449B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 1667 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STICKEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLEGAN,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1449B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stickel
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.