- Date
- April 15, 1973
- Place
- Princeton, ME · PRINCETON, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2209KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730415008009A
- Case key
- 170716
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0793 73/4/15 PRINCETON,ME LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 13 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N2209K PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRINCETON,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT MADE GOARND AFTR GR DMGD HIT GND ABT 30FT SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2209K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Princeton
N2209KRegistration cancelled Mar 24, 2017 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2209K · 1
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