- Date
- March 13, 1968
- Place
- Novato, CA · NOVATO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2113BLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0603 68/3/13 NOVATO,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 150 TIME - 1600 N2113B PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARIN COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND 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 TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 175 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND FROM 175 DEG,14-18KTS,GUSTS TO 25 KTS;LANDED RNWY 31.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2113B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marin County
N2113BRegistration cancelled Jul 13, 2009 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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