- Date
- September 7, 1976
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD · MITCHELLVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1205KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760907029209A
- Case key
- 155312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2682 76/9/7 MITCHELLVILLE,MD LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 760 TIME - 1355 N1205K PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MITCHELLVILLE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE DRG HIGH SPEED TAXI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1205K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freeway
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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.