- Date
- November 6, 1967
- Place
- Ridgefield, OR · RIDGEFIELD, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2543KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4500 67/11/6 RIDGEFIELD,OREG LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 386 TIME - 1100 N2543K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 206 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT HIT SOFT SPOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2543K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson Strip
N2543KRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8EAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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