# NTSB OAK67A0016: Luscombe 8F, N2092B, Steamboat Spr, NV, August 1, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1966
- Place: Steamboat Spr, NV · STEAMBOAT SPR, NV
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2092B-1971-06-07), registration cancelled 1971-06-07, S/N 6519, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8F
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8F](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8f) (registry code 8190114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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