- Date
- May 21, 1983, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cle Elum, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N71836Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830521021279A
- Case key
- 39697
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a power line while flying low over a river. Reportedly the student pilot was buzzing some rafterson the yakima river when the acft collided with a power line about 25 feet AGL. The powerline was downed by the impact and the acft right wing was substantially damage. The student pilot then flew back to bowers field and landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71836
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3263
- Airframe hours
- 1,044
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kurtieski, Theodore T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- WA12 · Cle Elum, WA
- Destination
- EIN · Ellensburg, WA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 276 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N71836 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.