Luscombe 8A N1277K
23 February 1972 · Houston, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 23 February 1972 at about 14:00 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N1277K was involved in an accident during in flight near Houston, Texas, 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 14:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Collier
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8A
- Registration
- N1277K
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0080
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
OBSERVED SLOW FLIGHT ABT 60FT OVR HOUSING CONSTRUCTION SITE, WAVING TO WORKERS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Nashville, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Nov 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Chino, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Marshall, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Newark, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Coos Bay, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
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