- Date
- July 17, 1969
- Place
- Nisbet, PA · NISBET, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28475Luscombe 8B
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2997 69/7/17 NISBET,PA LUSCOMBE 8B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1458 TIME - 1530 N28475 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LYCOMING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSPORT,PA DOVER,DEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON REMARKS- UN CLB ABOVE RISING TRRN,ATMTD SHALLOW R TURN OUT OF CANYON.CK OUT,ONCE AROUND THE FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28475
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lycoming
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.