- Date
- April 13, 1969
- Place
- Wellsboro, PA · WELLSBORO, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1976BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0809 69/4/13 WELLSBORO,PA LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 986 TIME - 1530 N1976B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 490 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1976B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
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