- Date
- August 17, 1969
- Place
- Sarasota, FL · SARASOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2099KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3588 69/8/17 SARASOTA,FLA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 10 TOTAL TIME - 0725 N2099K PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARASOTA-BRADENTN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L GR CABLE END CAME LOOSE,WEDGED BETWEEN PULLEY AND GR STRUCTURE,PREVENTED BRAKE RELEASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2099K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sarasota-Bradentn
N2099KRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 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.
Other investigations on N2099K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.