- Date
- June 12, 1977
- Place
- Orcas Island, WA · ORCAS ISLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72041Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770612017529A
- Case key
- 147141
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1678 77/6/12 ORCAS ISLAND,WA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1605 N72041 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTSOUND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORCAS ISLAND,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- STUDENT,FIRST SOLO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72041
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eastsound
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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.
Other investigations on N72041 · 1
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