- Date
- June 8, 1968
- Place
- Cooperstown, ND · COOPERSTOWN, ND
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1801BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3467 68/6/8 COOPERSTOWN,N DAK LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 5020 TIME - 1535 N1801B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COOPERSTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED PERFORMING AEROBATICS UNDER LOW CEILING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1801B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cooperstown
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