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| Date: | Friday 20 September 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8A (Floats) |
| Owner/operator: | Commodore Air Service |
| Registration: | N…… |
| MSN: | 5796 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Richardson Bay near Belvedere, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Nosed over after a float hit the water while practicing water landings.
Sources:
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19570921.1.2&srpos=2718&e=23-10-1956-31-12-1957--en--20--2701-byDA-txt-txIN-Plane+crash-------
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 1952 | N…. | Commodore Air Service | 1 | Near Lake Combie Dam, CA | |
w/o |
| 17 October 1958 | N1169B | private | 2 | Richardson Bay, Sausalito, CA | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2023 12:57 | Cobar | Added |
| 16-Feb-2024 11:06 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, ] |
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