Probable cause
Undetermined because the airplane and pilot were not located.
NTSB analysis
The pilot was reported missing after he had not returned from a presumed cross-county flight. A multi-agency search for the missing pilot and airplane was conducted; however, neither the pilot, airplane, nor wreckage debris was located. Radar data believed to represent the missing airplane showed a westerly track over the Pacific Ocean. The last know radar position was about 57 miles west of the shoreline.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR20FAMS2 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Feb 12, 2020
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Pacific Ocean, Oregon
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatal injuries
- 1
- Light
- Day
Luscombe 8
- N-number
- N77875
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1946
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.