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Luscombe 8F N9909C

26 September 1970 · Fort Bidwel, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 September 1970 at about 16:40 local time, a Luscombe 8F registered N9909C was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Fort Bidwel, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Fort Bidwel, California, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Luscombe 8F
Registration
N9909C
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
San Jose, Calif → Alturas, Calif
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3842

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

MADE CHECK POINTS GOOD, STARTED NAV BY VISUAL REF.MISTOOK MTN RANGE.VOLCANIC ROCK IN FLD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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