- Date
- July 12, 1981
- Place
- Muscatine, IA · MUSCATINE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25346Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810712042229A
- Case key
- 124857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1441 81/7/12 MUSCATINE,IA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 556 TIME - 1430 N25346 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 463 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAHLF FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PREEMTION,IL MUSCATINE,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25346
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rahlf Farm
N25346Registration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N25346 · 1
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