- Date
- June 23, 1970
- Place
- Amsterdam, MO · AMSTERDAM, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2541KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2828 70/6/23 AMSTERDAM,MO LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 210 TIME - 1600 N2541K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRIS RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RANTOUL,KANS AMSTERDAM,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2541K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morris Ranch
N2541KRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.