- Date
- September 10, 1978
- Place
- Baxter Springs, KS · BAXTER SPRINGS, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45455Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780910028279A
- Case key
- 140135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2481 78/9/10 BAXTER SPRINGS,KS LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 698 TIME - 1550 N45455 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SWALLEY AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAXTER SPRINGS,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- MADE TAKEOFF ON ROUGH GRASS AREA BESIDE PAVED RUNWAY.WITNESS OBSERVED STEEP BANK AFTER TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45455
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Swalley Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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