- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- East Moriches, NY · EAST MORICHES, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N71983Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810525028539A
- Case key
- 125288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3075 81/5/25 EAST MORICHES,NY LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 3000 TIME - UNK/NR N71983 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED 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 COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WND VARIABLE & GSTG 38KTS.PIPER PA-12,N78468,DEMOLISHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71983
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spadaro
N71983Registered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8AAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N71983 · 1
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