Luscombe 8A N1183B
4 August 1973 · Ventura, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 4 August 1973 at about 08:33 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N1183B was involved in an accident during in flight near Ventura, California, 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
- at 08:33
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ventura, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8A
- Registration
- N1183B
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Santa Paula, Calif → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1863
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
STUDENT PLT HAD NOT SOLOED. TOOK OFF IN POOR WEAAND CRASHED IN OCEAN. ACFT SANK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 1973 | Luscombe 8A | New Hope, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Jan 1973 | Luscombe 8F | Fowler, Michigan, United States | Hart Flying CL | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 1973 | Luscombe 8A | Fairburn, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Oct 1973 | Luscombe 8F | Kilbourne, Louisiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1973 | Luscombe 8A | Greensboro, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 4 Nov 1973 | Luscombe 8A | Denton, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |