- Date
- August 14, 1966
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA · APPLE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28915Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2868 66/8/14 APPLE VALLEY CAL LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1500 TIME - 1415 N28915 PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - APPLE VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28915
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Apple Valley
N28915Registration cancelled Mar 21, 2005 · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8CAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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