- Date
- May 9, 1967
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45939Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1476 67/5/9 HOUSTON,TEX LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 492 TIME - 1120 N45939 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIRMAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT WHEEL BRAKE DISC CLIPS MISSING.BRAKE DISC LODGED BETWEEN BRAKE LINING AND LOCKED BRAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45939
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Airman
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.