- Date
- November 4, 1973
- Place
- Denton, TX · DENTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28759Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731104037249A
- Case key
- 188056
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3499 73/11/4 DENTON,TEX LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 279 TIME - 1530 N28759 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENTON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX DENTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- FRONT L LDG GR ATTACHMENT HAD EVIDENCE OF A PROGRESSIVE BREAK AND CRYSTALIZATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28759
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Denton Municipal
N28759Registration cancelled Jan 16, 2019 · Luscombe 8CAirframe modelLuscombe 8CEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.