19810218004279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Bixby, OK · February 18, 1981

Date
February 18, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Bixby, OK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1331B
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FA036
Reported as
Luscom 8A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
212 total212 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Low altitude sightseeing flight over river. Struck powerline. Near vertical ground impact in river bed.

As the FAA filed it

LOW ALTITUDE SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT OVER RIVER. STRUCK POWERLINE. NEAR VERTICAL GROUND IMPACT IN RIVER BED.

NTSB investigation

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