# Accident 19730804033929A: Luscom 8E, Ventura, CA, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Ventura, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.2678° N, 119.2542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2678&lon=-119.2542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1183B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1183B-1973-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9 total, 9 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804033929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PLT HAD NOT SOLOED. TOOK OFF IN POOR WEA AND CRASHED IN OCEAN. ACFT SANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX74AL008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL008), Aug 4, 1973: Luscombe 8A (N1183B), Ventura, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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