- Date
- June 20, 1969
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N71362Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177034
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2037 69/6/20 ROCKFORD,ILL LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1955 N71362 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 378 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACHESNEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: AIRSPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: PITOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- STEEP PULL-UP.NO RECORDED FLT TIME IN TYPE.AIRSPEED ERRATIC DUE TO MUD IN STATIC LINE FITTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71362
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Machesney
N71362Registration cancelled May 6, 2019 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.