- Date
- November 9, 1966
- Place
- Iami, FL · IAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1526BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3614 66/11/9 IAMI FLA LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N1526B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 2500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALKS SEAPLANE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: FLOAT ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF INTO ROLLING SURF OF ATLANTIC OCEAN.LFT FLOAT FWD SUPPORT STRUTS COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1526B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chalks Seaplane
N1526BRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2012 · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8EAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.