- Date
- December 23, 1977
- Place
- Gordon, NE · GORDON, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1226KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771223041409A
- Case key
- 144077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4166 77/12/23 GORDON,NE LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 250 TIME - UNK/NR N1226K PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GORDON,NE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- COYOTE HUNTING,WND GUSTING 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1226K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1226KRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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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.