19860331011069A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Luscom T-8F · Watkins, CO · March 31, 1986

Date
March 31, 1986 · 12:45 local
Place
Watkins, CO
Airport
Aurora
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1593B
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN86LA108
Reported as
Luscom T8F
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,560 total4 in this make and model241 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.

Engine quit while practicing maneuvers. Hard downwind landing on rolling terrain. Suspect fuel problem.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE PRACTICING MANEUVERS. HARD DOWNWIND LANDING ON ROLLING TERRAIN. SUSPECT FUEL PROBLEM.

NTSB investigation

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