- Date
- August 21, 1973
- Place
- Cottage Grov, OR · COTTAGE GROV, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2139BLuscombe T-8F
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730821027319A
- Case key
- 188965
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2823 73/8/21 COTTAGE GROV,OREG LUSCOMBE T-8F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4000 TIME - 1120 N2139B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTAGE GROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTAGE GROV,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACROBATIC FLT AT LO ALT.ROLLED INVERTED AFT TKOF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2139B
- Reported as
- Luscombe T-8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cottage Grove
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.