Luscombe 8A N1144B

Summary

On 22 June 1988 at about 22:40 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N1144B, operated by Walter B. Fletcher, was involved in an accident near Horse Shoe, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 June 1988 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Horse Shoe, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.3907, -82.6395

Aircraft

Luscombe 8A

Registration

N1144B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Walter B. Fletcher

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fletcher → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88FA199

1 person 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

A WITNESS REPORTED THAT HE WAS IRRIGATING A NEWLY CULTIVATED CORN FIELD WITH A SPRAY IRRIGATION MACHINE. HE HEARD AND THEN OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE FLY THROUGH OR JUST OVER A GAP IN THE TREES AT THE NORTHEAST END OF THE FIELD. THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDED TO FLY THROUGH THE IRRIGATING SPRAY AND COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES 37.8 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AFTER THE COLLISION THE AIRPLANE BECAME INVERTED AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT. THE EVIDENCE INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE POWER FOR FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.