Luscombe 8A N1159B
28 July 1979 · Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 28 July 1979 at about 10:05 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N1159B was involved in an accident during in flight near Clarion, Pennsylvania, 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 10:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8A
- Registration
- N1159B
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Warren, Oh → Wilkes Barre, Pa
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3354
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
BASIC VFR INSTRUMENTS INSTLD.STRUCK TREES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 1979 | Luscombe 8E | Plainville, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Feb 1979 | Luscombe 8A | Cache, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 1979 | Luscombe 8E | Gasport, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Oct 1979 | Luscombe 8A | Patterson, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 1979 | Luscombe 8A | Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Dec 1979 | Luscombe 8A | Fort Bidwell, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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