- Date
- February 15, 1964
- Place
- Copperhill, TN · COPPERHILL, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1296KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0369 64/2/15 COPPERHILL TENN LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 99 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N1296K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1296K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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