- Date
- February 27, 1971
- Place
- Hunter, AR · HUNTER, AR
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1229BLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0822 71/2/27 HUNTER,ARK LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 300 TIME - 1715 N1229B PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 176 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FILES STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTER,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- SETTING SUN DOWN RWY.HIT PWR LINES LCTD 100YDS E OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1229B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Files Strip
N1229BRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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.