- Date
- October 24, 1974
- Place
- Block Island, RI · BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37087Luscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741024033929A
- Case key
- 142505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3605 74/10/24 BLOCK ISLAND,RI LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 240 TIME - 1345 N37087 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW LONDON,CONN BLOCK ISLAND,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.L REAR FLOAT BALL FITTING BENT AND DISCONNECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37087
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Old Harbor
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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.