- Date
- August 3, 1967
- Place
- Watts, CA · WATTS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1687KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115956
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0957 67/8/3 WATTS,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1161 TIME - 2103 N1687K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 325 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- RT WING FAILED DURING FLT IN AREA BEING USED BY LARGE JET ACFT LANDING AT LOS ANGELES INTL ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1687K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1687KRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2012 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N1687K · 1
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