- Date
- January 10, 1976
- Place
- Palm Beach, FL · PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N944BLLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760110000269A
- Case key
- 151984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0003 76/1/10 PALM BEACH,FL LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 94 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N944BL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH GARDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL PALM BEACH,FL 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) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N944BL
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Beach Garden
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.