- Date
- July 8, 1968
- Place
- Huntingtn Bch, CA · HUNTINGTN BCH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2587KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2310 68/7/8 HUNTINGTN BCH,CAL LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1045 N2587K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWLARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- 4 HRS IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2587K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadowlark
N2587KRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8EAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8EEngine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6
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Other investigations on N2587K · 1
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