# NTSB ANC03LA010: Luscombe 8A, N1933B, Fairbanks, AK, November 3, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 3, 2002, 10:38 local (14:38 UTC) - Place: Fairbanks, AK - Coordinates: 64.800003, -147.850006 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8000&lon=-147.8500&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 23, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 55996 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC03LA010 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55996/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA010 ## Probable cause The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in the nose over of the airplane. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The solo commercial pilot was landing a wheel-equipped airplane on a paved, dry runway. The pilot reported that just after touchdown, he was requested by the tower controller to use, if possible, the first available exit off of the active runway. The pilot said that when he applied the airplane's toe brakes, the wheels stopped turning, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, fuselage, and empennage. An FAA inspector examined the airplane and reported no preaccident mechanical anomalies. ## Factual narrative On November 3, 2002, about 1038 Alaska standard time, a wheel-equipped Luscombe 8A airplane, N1933B, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over while landing on a paved, dry runway, at the Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated about 1030, from the Chena Marina Airport, Fairbanks. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge on November 4, the pilot reported that just after touchdown on runway 1R, he was requested by the Fairbanks Air Traffic Control Tower local controller to use, if possible, the first available exit off of the active runway. The pilot said that when he applied the airplane's toe brakes, the wheels stopped turning, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, fuselage, and empennage. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations inspector, Fairbanks Flight Standards District Office, inspected the airplane. He reported that there no preaccident mechanical anomalies noted with the accident airplane. The pilot did not submit an NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120. 1). ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1933B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1933B-2015-05-08), registration cancelled 2015-05-08, S/N 6360, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Luscombe 8A - Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 6360 - Engines: Continental A-65 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: David J. Misiuk - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: AK28, Fairbanks, AK - Destination: FAI, Fairbanks, AK - Airport: FAI, Fairbanks International, runway 1R, 6,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 51; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,630 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 7,500 ft broken - Altimeter: 29.82 inHg - Observed at: PAFA ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20021103030429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021103030429A), Nov 3, 2002: Luscom 8A, Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] NTSB # ANC03CA010 airman reported that he was flying the aircraft from chena marina airport to Fairbanks airport, under tower… ## Other investigations on N1933B (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB SEA76FYC27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC27), Jan 20, 1976: Luscombe 8A (N1933B), Albany, OR, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.