- Date
- March 16, 1975
- Place
- Rumford, ME · RUMFORD, ME
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1540KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750316005119A
- Case key
- 148040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0218 75/3/16 NR.RUMFORD,ME LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 1100 TIME - 1100 N1540K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DIXFIELD,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED LOOP AT AN ALTITUDE INSUFFICENT TO EFFECT A SAFE RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1540K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.