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MKC71DDM20

1970-08-02 · NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N25147

Make / Model
LUSCOMBE 8A
Year of manufacture
1939 · 31 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A-65-8 (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070504
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A25E39

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 8B · N25147
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
PRIVATE STRIP
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001071

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,164
Age
29

Investigator remarks

R LDG GR COLLAPSED.

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CA A
    AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/91 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3346. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3346.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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