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| Date: | Saturday 16 August 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8A Float Plane |
| Owner/operator: | Commodore Air Service |
| Registration: | N…. |
| MSN: | 5796 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Lake Combie Dam, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Lake Combie, CA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lost control after an engine failure and crashed into a hill.
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/378413770/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 September 1957 | N…… | Commodore Air Service | 1 | Richardson Bay near Belvedere, CA | |
w/o |
| 17 October 1958 | N1169B | private | 2 | Richardson Bay, Sausalito, CA | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2023 10:23 | Cobar | Added |
| 03-Aug-2023 10:24 | Cobar | Updated |
| 16-Feb-2024 11:05 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, ] |
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