- Date
- May 4, 1965
- Place
- Fire Isld Pine, NY · FIRE ISLD PINE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N45955Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0768 65/5/4 NR.FIRE ISLD PINE NY LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, UNK/NR TIME - 1440 N45955 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER WAS ALSO A RATED PRIVATE PILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45955
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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