- Date
- September 26, 1967
- Place
- Pleasant Hill, IL · PLEASANT HILL, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2993KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113933
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3901 67/9/26 PLEASANT HILL,ILL LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2065 TIME - 1730 N2993K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LARGE AMOUNT OF FOREIGN PARTICLES FOUND IN RT TANK.TANK RECENTLY REINSTALLED BUT NOT CLEANED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2993K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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