Luscombe 8F N2122B

Summary

On 15 August 1986 at about 02:15 local time, a Luscombe 8F registered N2122B was involved in an accident near Marble Canyon, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 August 1986 at 02:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Marble Canyon, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

36.7406, -111.8492

Aircraft

Luscombe 8F

Registration

N2122B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Page → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA322

2 people died.

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

WITNESSES RPRTD THAT PRIOR TO THE ACDNT, THE PLT MADE A LOW PASS OVER A RAFT ON THE COLORADO RIVER TO 'WAVE HIS WINGS' AT THE RAFTING GROUP. RPRTDLY, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE HIS DIRECTION WHEN THE ACFT SUDDENLY CRASHED IN THE RIVER. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED, BUT THE WRECKAGE & OCCUPANTS WERE NOT RECOVERED UNTIL NEARLY 3 MONTHS LATER. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE ACFT WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.