- Date
- January 14, 1968
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1112KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0050 68/1/14 NEWPORT NEWS, VA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 551 TIME - 1538 N1112K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 401 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OVERSIZE PISTONS AND RINGS INSTALLED DURING RECENT OVERHAUL.NOS 3-4 CYLS NOT BORED ACCORDINGLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1112K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patrick Henry
N1112KRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8AAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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