- Date
- January 14, 1968
- Place
- Arlington, TX · ARLINGTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71957Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0538 68/1/14 ARLINGTON,TEX LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 476 TIME - 1600 N71957 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PYLON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) COPILOT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE REMARKS- BALLOON BURSTING CONTEST.ACFT ENTERED SPIN,RECOVERED PARTIALLY,SPUN AGAIN.PLT SAYS CP FROZE CONTRL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71957
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pylon
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.