- Date
- May 8, 1976
- Place
- Boulder City, NV · BOULDER CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77874Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760508009609A
- Case key
- 153586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0840 76/5/8 BOULDER CITY,NV LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 216 TIME - 1730 N77874 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER CITY,NV LOCAL 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 INADVERTENTLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77874
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boulder City
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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.