# Accident 19810218004279A: Luscom 8A, Bixby, OK, February 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bixby, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9456° N, 95.8783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bixby, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9456&lon=-95.8783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1331B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1331B-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 212 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810218004279A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA036), Feb 18, 1981: Luscombe 8A (N1331B), Bixby, OK, 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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