- Date
- April 4, 1964
- Place
- Hopewell, VA · HOPEWELL, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1879KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0803 64/4/4 HOPEWELL VA LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N1879K PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 449 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 43 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPEWELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1879K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopewell
N1879KRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 1976 · Luscombe 8EAirframe modelLuscombe 8EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N1879K · 1
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