# NTSB DIA68F0001: Luscombe 8A, N71322, Broomes Island, VA, May 30, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1968
- Place: Broomes Island, VA · BROOMES ISLAND, VA
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 16, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68F0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68F0001-109996

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2191  68/5/30    BROOMES ISLAND,VA   LUSCOMBE 8A         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1800                    N71322              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 51, 810 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            300 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/2/68.PLT SUFFERED AMNESIA,WANDERED OUT OF WOODS ON 6/2/68.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71322](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71322-2014-12-02), registration cancelled 2014-12-02, S/N 2749, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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