- Date
- May 28, 1968
- Place
- Grand Island, NE · GRAND ISLAND, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1350KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1597 68/5/28 GRAND ISLAND,NEBR LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 35 TOTAL TIME - 0855 N1350K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PILOT LANDED IN ALFALFA FIELD. ALFALFA WAS ABOUT 3 FT HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1350K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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