- Date
- December 15, 1971
- Place
- Conroe, TX · CONROE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1850KLuscomb 8E
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4390 71/12/15 CONROE,TEX LUSCOMB 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N1850K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 1065 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONROE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PREFLT-SELECT R TANK,STRAINER DRAINED.INFLT SWITCHED L,ENG LOST PWR.WATER IN L TANK NOT DRAINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1850K
- Reported as
- Luscomb 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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