- Date
- July 21, 1981
- Place
- N Little Rock, AR · N LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71889Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810721046369A
- Case key
- 124621
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1993 81/7/21 NR.N LITTLE ROCK,AR LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, UNK/NR TIME - 1900 N71889 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N LITTLE ROCK,AR 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- FLT PHASE UNK.DARK NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71889
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N71889Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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