- Date
- September 2, 1966
- Place
- Happy Jack, AZ · HAPPY JACK, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45538Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3247 66/9/2 HAPPY JACK ARIZ LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 235 TIME - 0745 N45538 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL STRUCK LARGE ROCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45538
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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