- Date
- July 4, 1968
- Place
- Sunbury, PA · SUNBURY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2717KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1705 68/7/4 SUNBURY,PA LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1248 TIME - 1440 N2717K PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 258 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PENN VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- WITNESSES SAW ACFT DIVING TOWARD GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2717K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Penn Valley
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