CASA GRANDE, AZ, USA
N1186B
LUSCOMBE 8A
DURING A LOCAL FLT, THE ACFT COLLIDE WITH TERRAIN WHILE THE AIRCREW WERE PERFORMING LOW ALT MANEUVERS. ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WAS AN INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) & THE OTHER WAS A PRIVATE PLT. NEITHER CLAIMED TO BE THE PLT IN COMMAND, BUT THE PRIVATE PLT WAS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE ACFT. REPORTEDLY, THE CFI HAD NO PREVIOUS FLT TIME IN THIS MAKE & MODEL & THE OWNER HAD ONLY 2.1 HRS. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, LOW TURNS WERE BEING PERFORMED AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL. THEY OBSERVED THE ACFT ENTER AN ABRUPT MANEUVER, SIMILAR TO AN AG TURN, THEN HIT THE GROUND.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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