- Date
- December 28, 1971
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC · WINSTON-SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2698KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164965
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3760 71/12/28 WINSTON-SALEM,NC LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 308 TIME - 1040 N2698K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIDES BOTTOM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADVANCE,NC WINSTON-SALEM,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LNDD L SIDE OF RWY DUE MUDDY SPOTS.BOUNCED,HIT COCKED TO L.WIND GUSTING 15K.2HRS,LAST 90DAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2698K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sides Bottom
N2698KRegistration cancelled May 7, 2022 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N2698K · 2
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