- Date
- November 15, 1975
- Place
- Mcalester, OK · MCALESTER, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1847BLuscombe T8F
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751115036799A
- Case key
- 151851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3408 75/11/15 MCALESTER,OK LUSCOMBE T8F CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1105 N1847B PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 1349 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 711 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCALLESTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK MCALESTER,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- R RUDDER CABLE FAILED,CAUSE UNDETERMINED. GUSTING TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1847B
- Reported as
- Luscombe T8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcallester Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.