- Date
- April 25, 1964
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1879BLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0290 64/4/25 CALISTOGA CALIF LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1100 TIME - 1545 N1879B PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALISTOGA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1879B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calistoga
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