19800616038329A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Fairview, PA · June 16, 1980

Date
June 16, 1980 · 17:55 local
Place
Fairview, PA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N71667
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FA046
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
68 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot flying low, hit wire and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLYING LOW, HIT WIRE AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.