- Date
- March 8, 1977
- Place
- Apex, NC · APEX, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1400KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770308008299A
- Case key
- 158008
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1002 77/3/8 APEX,NC LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 202 TIME - 1530 N1400K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION APEX,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1400K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cox
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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.