- Date
- October 22, 1976
- Place
- Burlington, CT · BURLINGTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1170KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761022034069A
- Case key
- 156441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3377 76/10/22 BURLINGTON,CT LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 509 TIME - 1150 N1170K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNNYCAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PIC ATTEMPTD TURN FROM RUNWAY WITH THE TAIL IN THE AIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1170K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnnycake
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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.