- Date
- August 1, 1966
- Place
- Steamboat Spr, NV · STEAMBOAT SPR, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2092BLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1182 66/8/1 STEAMBOAT SPR NEV LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0858 N2092B PX- 1 0 0 DUAL AGE 58, 997 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- RT WNG INTER-SPAR WNG-STRUT-FITTING ASSEMBLY FAILED AT FWD WNG SPAR ATTACHMENT.5 RIVETS MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2092B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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