- Date
- September 3, 1967
- Place
- Olympia, WA · OLYMPIA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N71865Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1010 67/9/3 OLYMPIA,WASH LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 1805 N71865 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 97 TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES REPORTED ACFT MAKING STEEP TURNS AT SLOW AIRSPEED AND LOW ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71865
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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