- Date
- November 9, 1969
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4708 69/11/9 AURORA,COLO STEENSHIP 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 2270 TIME - 1515 N881LS PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 580 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- UNCONTROLLED ARPT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4708 69/11/9 AURORA,COLO LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 230 TIME - 1515 N1220K PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- L WG STRUCK PROP OF N881LS. N1220K TAXYING TO PARKING RAMP. N881LS STOPPED SHORT OF TAXIWAY.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1220K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
N1220KRegistration cancelled May 5, 2003 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 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.
- Registration
- N881LS
- Reported as
- Steenship 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
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.