- Date
- October 27, 1979
- Place
- Patterson, CA · PATTERSON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N28485Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791027027899A
- Case key
- 133553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2818 79/10/27 PATTERSON,CA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 68, 1160 TIME - 1030 N28485 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 480 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATTERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUBURN,CA SAN LUIS OBISPO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- DRG RELIEF STOP PAX LOST BALANCE & SWUNG ARM INTO BACK OF PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28485
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Patterson
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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.