- Date
- July 27, 1973
- Place
- Estelline, SD · ESTELLINE, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72014Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730727021279A
- Case key
- 189710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1775 73/7/27 ESTELLINE,S DAK LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N72014 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEAR LAKE S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- LOW EXPERIENCE PLT CHECKING CATTLE PASTURE.PLT ATMTG STEEP TURN AT APRX 100FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72014
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.