- Date
- August 12, 1968
- Place
- Wagner, SD · WAGNER, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2745KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2748 68/8/12 WAGNER,S DAK LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 184 TIME - 0945 N2745K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RT FUEL CELL FITTING CLOGGED WITH DIRT AND INSECTS. ENG HAD RUN ABNORMALLY ON PREVIOUS FLTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2745K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2745KRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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