- Date
- July 14, 1973
- Place
- Trenton, ME · TRENTON, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9903CLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730714021139A
- Case key
- 189682
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1726 73/7/14 TRENTON,ME LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 55, 169 TIME - 1800 N9903C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAR HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRENTON,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT TURNED L PLT USED L RUDDER INSTEAD OF R BECAME AIRBORNE ATMTD CORRECTION BACK TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9903C
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bar Harbor
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9903C · 1
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