- Date
- June 13, 1972
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA · STONE MOUNTAIN, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7789KLuscomb 8A
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167382
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2317 72/6/13 STONE MOUNTAIN,GA LUSCOMB 8A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2951 TIME - 1615 N7789K PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STONE MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STONE MOUNTAIN,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT LEFT RWY AND WENT DN EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7789K
- Reported as
- Luscomb 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stone Mountain
N7789KRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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