- Date
- May 17, 1976
- Place
- Skippack, PA · SKIPPACK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N77832Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760517010509A
- Case key
- 153776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1313 76/5/17 SKIPPACK,PA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 57, 480 TIME - 1630 N77832 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SKIPPACK,PA PERKIOMEN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM SHORT FIELD,HIGH GRASS,SOFT TURF DID NOT CLEAR TREES,FERRY PERMIT ISSUED,FOR TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77832
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N77832Registration cancelled May 11, 2015 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.