- Date
- August 22, 1971
- Place
- East Moriches, NY · EAST MORICHES, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1640BLuscombe 11A
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2799 71/8/22 EAST MORICHES,NY LUSCOMBE 11A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 650 TIME - 1230 N1640B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPADARO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST MORICHES,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECT AND INDICATOR R TANK POS.FUEL TANK CONTAINED APRX 3/4 GAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1640B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spadaro
N1640BRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 1973 · Luscombe 11AAirframe modelLuscombe 11AEngine modelContinental E165 series
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