- Date
- October 26, 1980
- Place
- Ft Collins, CO · FT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2780KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801026057859A
- Case key
- 201174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2704 80/10/26 NR.FT COLLINS,CO LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 287 TIME - 0830 N2780K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT COLLINS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- FARM FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2780K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2780KRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8EAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2780K · 1
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