- Date
- June 30, 1968
- Place
- 29 Palms, CA · 29 PALMS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1571KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1790 68/6/30 29 PALMS,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 155 TIME - 1745 N1571K PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 29 PALMS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED. NARROW RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1571K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 29 Palms
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Other investigations on N1571K · 2
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