ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365600
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| Date: | Thursday 14 March 1991 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1406K |
| MSN: | 4133 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL C-85-12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Flushing, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT OF A SINGLE ENGINED TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE DID NOT ATTAIN PROPER ALIGNMENT WHILE PERFORMING A CROSSWIND LANDING IN GUSTY CONDITIONS. AIRPLANE CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND THE AIRPLANE GROUNDLOOPED, COLLAPSING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT AND NOT MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A GROUND LOOP. FACTORS RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS WHICH EXISTED AT THE TIME.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA118
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 August 2015 | N1406K | 0 | Pontiac, Michigan | |
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| 20-Mar-2024 11:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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