# NTSB MKC68A0071: Luscombe 8E, N1801B, Cooperstown, ND, June 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 8, 1968
- Place: Cooperstown, ND · COOPERSTOWN, ND
- Location: 47.4449° N, 98.1256° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cooperstown, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4449&lon=-98.1256&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109579
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC68A0071
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68A0071

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1801B-1971-07-14), registration cancelled 1971-07-14, S/N 6228, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8E](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (registry code 8190112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Cooperstown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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