- Date
- October 24, 1971
- Place
- Marion, AR · MARION, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8291Luscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164031
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4338 71/10/24 MARION,ARK LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 450 TIME - 1620 N8291 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNKNOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN MARION,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8291
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Unknown
N8291Registration cancelled Mar 2, 1982 · Luscombe-Davidson LD8EAirframe modelLuscombe-Davidson LD8E
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.