- Date
- May 8, 1968
- Place
- Atwater, CA · ATWATER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2948KLuscombe 8D
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1369 68/5/8 ATWATER,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8D CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 63, 614 TIME - 1803 N2948K PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BULLER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.17 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2948K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buller
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.