- Date
- May 1, 1966
- Place
- Wellington, NV · WELLINGTON, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39091Luscombe 8B
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2686 66/5/1 WELLINGTON NEV LUSCOMBE 8B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 262 TIME - 0800 N39091 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON ABANDONED HIGHWAY.TAILWHEEL STRUCK TORN UP ASPHALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39091
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith Valley
N39091Registration cancelled Apr 18, 2018 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N39091 · 1
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