NYC66F0165

NTSB accident investigation · Luscombe 8A · Dallastown, PA · August 8, 1965

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 8, 1965
Place
Dallastown, PA · DALLASTOWN, PA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N1225BLuscombe 8A
Status
Completed · report September 20, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
178912

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2200   65/8/8    DALLASTOWN PA       LUSCOMBE 8A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 32,
        TIME - 1915                    N1225B              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  540 TOTAL HOURS, 496 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WARNERS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND

Aircraft

Registration
N1225B
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Warners

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.