- Date
- August 12, 1965
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71999Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2901 65/8/12 TRACY CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 25, TIME - 0548 N71999 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 14 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71999
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N71999Registration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.