- Date
- May 20, 1973
- Place
- Aurora, IL · AURORA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2239KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730520014059A
- Case key
- 190512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1289 73/5/20 AURORA,ILL LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 430 TIME - 1810 N2239K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OVERTON RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- SLIPPING ACFT ON FINAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2239K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Overton Rla
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.