- Date
- August 12, 1966
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1837KLuscombe 8
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0688 66/8/12 NR.MOJAVE CALIF LUSCOMBE 8 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 200 TIME - 0800 N1837K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDWARDS AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1837K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Edwards Afb
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