- Date
- August 13, 1981
- Place
- Byers, CO · BYERS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77810Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810813050569A
- Case key
- 123899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2462 81/8/13 BYERS,CO LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N77810 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 1800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,CO BYERS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT RPRTD UNCONTROLLED SPIRAL TO GND.1FT LENGTH OF A 2X4 USED AS A CHOCK FOUND IN COCKPIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77810
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.