# NTSB UNK64X2030: Culver LCA, N29398, Weyers Cave, VA, May 30, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1964
- Place: Weyers Cave, VA · WEYERS CAVE, VA
- Location: 38.2801° N, 78.9142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weyers Cave, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2801&lon=-78.9142&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183775
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2030
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2030

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1478  64/5/30    WEYERS CAVE VA      CULVER LCA          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1300
        TIME - 1810                    N29398              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHENADOAH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29398](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29398), registered now, S/N 191 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CULVER LCA
- Registry model: [Culver LCA](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lca) (registry code 8730202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Shenadoah

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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