- Date
- February 26, 1967
- Place
- Joshua Tree, CA · JOSHUA TREE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1571KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0621 67/2/26 JOSHUA TREE CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1610 N1571K PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 48, 2868 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - K FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 19 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RIGHT CROSSWIND 19 KNOTS GUSTING TO 45 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1571K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- K Field
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Other investigations on N1571K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.