- Date
- March 25, 1972
- Place
- Adel, IA · ADEL, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1306BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166509
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1115 72/3/25 ADEL,IOWA LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 22, 108 TIME - 1800 N1306B PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADEL,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- TKOF FROM FARM FIELD TO TEST ACFT PERFORMANCE AND FIELD CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1306B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1306BRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental C85 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 N1306B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.