# NTSB CHI68A0059: Luscombe 8E, N842B, Jeddo, MI, January 3, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 3, 1968
- Place: Jeddo, MI · JEDDO, MI
- Location: 43.1517° N, 82.5833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jeddo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1517&lon=-82.5833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0059
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0059

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0007   68/1/3    JEDDO,MICH          LUSCOMBE 8E         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1340                    N842B               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 010568. WITNESSES OBSERVED ACFT FLYING AT TREE TOP LEVEL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N842B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N842B), registered now, S/N 6774, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8E](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (registry code 8190112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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