- Date
- August 10, 1967
- Place
- Garberville, CA · GARBERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71904Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0689 67/8/10 GARBERVILLE,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4000 TIME - 1655 N71904 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELTER COVE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- TERRAIN GRADIENT EXCEEDED CLIMB PERFORMANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT.ACFT APPROX 110 LBS OVRWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71904
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shelter Cove
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