- Date
- May 12, 1970
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1057KLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2123 70/5/12 TUSCALOOSA,ALA LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 340 TIME - 1730 N1057K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN DE GRAAFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- 4 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME IN TAILWHEEL EQPD ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1057K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van De Graaff
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Other investigations on N1057K · 1
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