- Date
- June 16, 1980
- Place
- Fairview, PA · FAIRVIEW, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N71667Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800616038329A
- Case key
- 131342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0911 80/6/16 FAIRVIEW,PA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, UNK/NR TIME - 1755 N71667 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITOL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLISLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT'S BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL-151MG%.COLLIDED W WIRES DRG 2ND PASS UNDER/NR PWR LN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71667
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Capitol City
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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.