- Date
- August 19, 1988, 16:34 local (Aug 20, 1988, 00:34 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2542KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880819034229A
- Case key
- 5054
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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 pilot-in-command was beginning his descent for landing at Dillingham, Alaska and did not apply carburetor heat until his engine began to sputter. The engine stopped producing power and the pilot was unable to restart the engine. He landed on the tundra and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2542K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5269
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell S. Nelson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- STY · New Stuyahok, AK
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- Dillingham, runway 1, 6,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 401 total · 307 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 33 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG1
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2542K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.