- Date
- June 16, 1973
- Place
- Linville Falls, NC · LINVILLE FALLS, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1828KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730616015079A
- Case key
- 190503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1281 73/6/16 LINVILLE FALLS,NC LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 650 TIME - 1630 N1828K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AVERY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COLUMBIA,NC SPRUCE PINES,NC GASTONIA,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT FLEW INTO VALLEY UNABLE TO CLIMB ABV RISING TRRN.PLT SIGHT SEEING,TAKING PICTURES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1828K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Avery County
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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.