- Date
- August 22, 1976
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71881Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760822023349A
- Case key
- 155022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1856 76/8/22 NR.SACRAMENTO,CA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1125 N71881 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 45, 10819 TOTAL HOURS, 1 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKLIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71881
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Franklin
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.