- Date
- May 20, 1973
- Place
- Ama, LA · AMA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45882Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730520012829A
- Case key
- 190772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0896 73/5/20 AMA,LA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1000 TIME - 1830 N45882 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SELLERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMA,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- CRASHED IN OPEN FLD. PLTS TIME AS OF 7/30/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45882
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sellers
N45882Registration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.