- Date
- May 15, 1973
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45499Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730515012439A
- Case key
- 201661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1104 73/5/15 VACAVILLE,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1120 N45499 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUT TREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45499
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nut Tree
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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.