- Date
- December 8, 1979
- Place
- Fort Bidwell, CA · FORT BIDWELL, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1186KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791208032019A
- Case key
- 133555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2821 79/12/8 FORT BIDWELL,CA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 559 TIME - 1230 N1186K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 521 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT BIDWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FALL RIVER MILLS,CA FORT BIDWELL,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ARPT NOTAMED CLOSED.HIT BOULDERS MARKING X IN CTR OF RWY.APCH ENDS NOT MARKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1186K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort Bidwell
N1186KRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2012 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.