- Date
- April 18, 1965
- Place
- Laguna Beach, CA · LAGUNA BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28606Luscombe 8C
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0773 65/4/18 LAGUNA BEACH CALI LUSCOMBE 8C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 52, 150 TIME - 1605 N28606 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PROPELLER SEPERATED FROM ENGINE, NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28606
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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