- Date
- July 24, 1966
- Place
- Bellevue, WA · BELLEVUE, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1648BLuscombe 11A
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3869 66/7/24 BELLEVUE WASH LUSCOMBE 11A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N1648B PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 47, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLEVUE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- LEFT WHEEL BEARING FAILED DUE TO SEVERE DUST AND DIRT ACCUMULATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1648B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bellevue
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