Luscombe 8A N71395
31 January 1970 · Mead, Washington, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 31 January 1970, a Luscombe 8A registered N71395 was involved in an accident during in flight near Mead, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mead, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- Mead
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8A
- Registration
- N71395
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Spokane, Wash → Missoula, Mont
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Unknown/Not Reported
- NTSB number
- 3-0159
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
TOOK OFF IN MARGINAL WEA. FLT PHASE UNK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1970 | Luscombe 8F | Umapine, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1970 | Luscombe 8A | Cary, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Sep 1970 | Luscombe 8F | Hudson, New York, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1970 | Luscombe 8A | Pine City, Minnesota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 1970 | Luscombe 8E | Okanogan, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1970 | Luscombe 8E | Independence, Iowa, United States | Taildraggers I | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |