- Date
- November 21, 1970
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · SAN CARLOS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9920CLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4223 70/11/21 SAN CARLOS,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 1965 TIME - 1528 N9920C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1015 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN CARLOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAGGETT,CALIF SAN CARLOS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- MISUSED BRAKES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9920C
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Carlos
N9920CRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8FAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8FEngine modelContinental C90 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.