# Accident 19790728037689A: Luscom 8A, Clarion, PA, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 10:05 local time
- Place: Clarion, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2094° N, 79.3801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarion, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2094&lon=-79.3801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1159B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1159B-1980-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 782 total, 781 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728037689A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT OPERATED ACFT INTO AREA OF DENSE FOG. LOST CONTROL. ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES IN HILLY TERRAIN.

## 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 NYC79FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA067), Jul 28, 1979: Luscombe 8A (N1159B), Clarion, PA, 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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