- Date
- July 4, 1984, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Seldovia, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1795KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840704029569A
- Case key
- 4319
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing on a 2600 ft gravel rwy nestled in the hills with variable winds. The plt had temporarily traded acft for this trip and had not flown this type of acft for the preceding 90 day period. He normally flew his Cessna 185. He was familiar with this arpt and had made one go-around before the accident because of being highand fast. The 2nd approach was flown, according to the plt, at 60 mph and he crossed the threshold at about 30 ft AGL. The touchdown was about midfield and in attempting to brake, the plt said, the tail kept coming up. He thought a gust oftailwind had acted on the flaps and up elevator to push the tail of the acft up. He said he should have had more concern about the possibility of varying winds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1795K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4522
- Airframe hours
- 1,375
- Engine
- Continental C85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Elliot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1983 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- SOV · Seldovia, runway 34, 2,600 × 150 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 575 total · 7 in this make and model · 468 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.