- Date
- March 15, 1969
- Place
- Novato, CA · NOVATO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2086BLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0163 69/3/15 NOVATO,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 280 TIME - 0630 N2086B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 226 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARIN COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 36 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- NOT INST RATED.STRUCK TREES ON FOG SHROUDED MT LOCATED APRXLY 1 MI FROM APRT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2086B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Marin County
N2086BRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2019 · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8FAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8FEngine modelContinental C90 series
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