- Date
- December 23, 1971
- Place
- Walla Walla, WA · WALLA WALLA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1870BLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4416 71/12/23 WALLA WALLA,WASH LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N1870B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 1392 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 48 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTIN FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALLA WALLA,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25K,ACFT VEERED OFF RNWY,NOSED OVR IN SOFT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1870B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Martin Fld
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Other investigations on N1870B · 1
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