- Date
- July 20, 1968
- Place
- Westerly, RI · WESTERLY, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1885BLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2495 68/7/20 WESTERLY,RI LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N1885B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1885B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westerly
N1885BRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8FAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8FEngine modelContinental C90 series
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Other investigations on N1885B · 1
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