- Date
- September 24, 1970
- Place
- Redondo Beach, CA · REDONDO BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45902Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158807
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0018 70/9/24 REDONDO BEACH,CAL LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1407 N45902 PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 23, 1143 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 126 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRANCE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL LINE FLEX UNION FAILED. LND ON BEACH. TAIL WHEEL STRUCK SUN BATHER. FAA FAMILIARIZATION FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45902
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Torrance
N45902Registration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N45902 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.