- Date
- June 9, 1973
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1764KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730609014199A
- Case key
- 190614
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1127 73/6/9 TRUCKEE,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 311 TIME - 0830 N1764K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKEE-TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- APCH SPEED TOO FAST. MISUSED BRAKES. FIRST SOLO FLT IN CONV GR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1764K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truckee-Tahoe
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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.