- Date
- December 26, 1964
- Place
- Grand Haven, MI · GRAND HAVEN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1038KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180655
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0850 64/12/26 GRAND HAVEN MICH LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1455 N1038K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PILOT FORGOT TO UNFASTEN SEAT BELT HE HAD PURPOSELY TIED AROUND DUAL CONTROL STICK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1038K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grand Haven
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