- Date
- July 31, 1977
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71796Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770731023329A
- Case key
- 146161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1989 77/7/31 GILLETTE,WY LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 96 TOTAL TIME - 0835 N71796 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLETTE CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WY GILLETTE,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71796
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillette Campbell
N71796Registration cancelled Mar 9, 2019 · Luscombe 8Airframe modelLuscombe 8Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N71796 · 1
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