- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- Paskenta, CA · PASKENTA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37081Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810525028989A
- Case key
- 126097
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1123 81/5/25 PASKENTA,CA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 1404 TIME - 1415 N37081 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 244 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOW AREA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLETS,CA PASKENTA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 14000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD IN 1500FT MEADOW W SLICK GRASS.D/A APRX 3200FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37081
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadow Area
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N37081 · 1
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