# NTSB CHI73DEM40: Luscombe 8E, Slt.St.Marie, MI, January 20, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 20, 1973
- Place: Slt.St.Marie, MI · SLT.ST.MARIE, MI
- Location: 46.4762° N, 84.3705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4762&lon=-84.3705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 19, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173347
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73DEM40
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEM40

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-0004  73/1/20    SLT.ST.MARIE,MICH   LUSCOMBE 8E         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 410
        TIME - 1429                    CF-IJN              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAULT ST MARIE MI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SLT.ST.MARIE,MICH           LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
        REMARKS- TAXIED THRU ABT 25FT OF POWDERED SNOW AREA BFR TKOF.ICE FOUND BTWN WHEEL & BRAKE ASSY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-IJN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sault St Marie Mi

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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