- Date
- July 25, 1972
- Place
- Oroville, CA · OROVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N28498Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2787 72/7/25 OROVILLE,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 750 TIME - 1200 N28498 PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 355 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OROVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OROVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SPIRAL HOUSING OF CHOKE-TYPE CONTROL SEPARATED FM RIGID PORTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28498
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oroville
N28498Registration cancelled Jun 11, 2013 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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