- Date
- April 22, 1981
- Place
- Searles Lake, CA · SEARLES LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2014BLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810422018379A
- Case key
- 126101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1128 81/4/22 SEARLES LAKE,CA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 68, 599 TIME - 1205 N2014B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUARTZ HILL,CA TRONA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- MAIN GEAR PENETRATED SURFACE CRUST OF DRY LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2014B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.