- Date
- May 12, 1974
- Place
- Fabens, TX · FABENS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45740Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740512010439A
- Case key
- 186203
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0963 74/5/12 FABENS,TEX LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 154 TIME - 0900 N45740 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FABENS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUNLAND,N MEX FABENS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- BRAKE LININGS FOUND CONTAMINATED WITH HVY CRUST OF CARBON DUST,GREASE,RESIDUE AND DIRT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45740
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fabens
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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.
Other investigations on N45740 · 1
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