- Date
- September 18, 1969
- Place
- Wilmington, NC · WILMINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71419Luscombe 8C
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3967 69/9/18 WILMINGTON,NC LUSCOMBE 8C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 403 TIME - 0405 N71419 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 312 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW HANOVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT NEWS,VA WILMINGTON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71419
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New Hanover
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