- Date
- April 12, 1968
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH · WADSWORTH, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37003Luscombe 8B
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1068 68/4/12 WADSWORTH,OHIO LUSCOMBE 8B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 73 TOTAL TIME - 0230 N37003 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WADSWORTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- STRUCK CREEK BANK. PLT HAD NO NITE EXPERIENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37003
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wadsworth
N37003Registration cancelled Nov 18, 2017 · Luscombe 8BAirframe modelLuscombe 8BEngine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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