- Date
- January 7, 1973
- Place
- Fowler, MI · FOWLER, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1501BLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730107001379A
- Case key
- 169644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0173 73/1/7 FOWLER,MICH LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1343 N1501B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 34, 1800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 408 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH GREENVILLE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1501B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.