- Date
- January 23, 1977
- Place
- Calipatria, CA · CALIPATRIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28407Luscombe 8D
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770123001309A
- Case key
- 157010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0179 77/1/23 CALIPATRIA,CA LUSCOMBE 8D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, UNK/NR TIME - 1122 N28407 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALIPATRIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALIPATRIA,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- STEEP CLIMB AFTER TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28407
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calipatria
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.