- Date
- November 28, 1972
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1170BLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3940 72/11/28 ELLENSBURG,WASH LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1932 TIME - UNK/NR N1170B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1285 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLENSBURG,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- MTNS OBSCURED.ACFT NOT IFR EQPTD.RCVRD 11/29/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1170B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1170BRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 1973 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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