- Date
- March 8, 1970
- Place
- Sunol, CA · SUNOL, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45995Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1086 70/3/8 SUNOL,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1525 N45995 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 592 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 220 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVERMORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SAID ATMTD EMERG LDG ON A LAKE SHORE,OVERSHOT,ADVANCED THROTTLE,ENG DVLPD PWR,UN RMN AIRBORNE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45995
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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