# NTSB UNK65X0807: Luscombe 8A, N71619, Gainesville, FL, November 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 23, 1964
- Place: Gainesville, FL · GAINESVILLE, FL
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0807
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0807

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0848  64/11/23 NR.GAINESVILLE FLA    LUSCOMBE 8A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34,
        TIME - 2200                    N71619              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  235 TOTAL HOURS, 204 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STENGEL FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
          NONE                                                      30
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           8                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- NIGHT FLT IN IFR WX AND AIRCRAFT WITH NO LITES
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71619](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71619-1970-08-20), registration cancelled 1970-08-20, S/N 3046 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stengel Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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