Luscombe 8A N77830
30 October 1971 · Hickman, Kentucky, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 30 October 1971 at about 13:20 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N77830 was involved in an accident during in flight near Hickman, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hickman, Kentucky, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8A
- Registration
- N77830
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Union City, Tenn → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4340
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 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
HIT TREE ON PULL-UP FM LOW PASS OVR FARMERS FLD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 1971 | Luscombe 8A | Ducktown, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1971 | Luscombe 8E | Lakeview, Oregon, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Mar 1971 | Luscombe 8E | Amityville, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Oct 1971 | Luscombe 8 | Belen, New Mexico, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Sep 1971 | Luscombe 8E | Selma, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Apr 1971 | Luscombe 8F | Woodbridge, Virginia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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