- Date
- September 18, 1971
- Place
- Tyler, TX · TYLER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2758KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3753 71/9/18 TYLER,TEX LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 280 TIME - 1016 N2758K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POUNDS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TYLER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- CONTINUED TKOF FRM GRASS AREA ADJ TO RWY TOWARD BLDGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2758K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pounds Field
N2758KRegistration cancelled Jul 26, 2023 · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8AAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N2758K · 1
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