- Date
- October 23, 1969
- Place
- Hastings, MN · HASTINGS, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1306BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4264 69/10/23 HASTINGS,MINN LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N1306B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 1104 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 68 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VANDERVOORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HASTINGS,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- T/O TO W,HIT SOFT AREA ON L SIDE OF NEWLY GRADED STRIP.WIND 170DEG 20-25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1306B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vandervoort
N1306BRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N1306B · 1
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