- Date
- December 4, 1992, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N71585Luscombe SL8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19921204049199A
- Case key
- 5854
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control of his airplane. A factor in the accident was the pilot in commands improper taxi speed.
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 reported that while performing a wide sweeping left taxi turn toward the shoreline, he observed that his rate of closure with the shoreline was higher than desired. His application of power to make the rudder more effective on the ice to maneuver away from the shoreline was not successful. The nose of the Luscombe collided with the rudder and stabilizer section of an unoccupied Cessna 207 that was beached just above the shoreline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71585
- Reported as
- Luscombe SL8
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3012
- Airframe hours
- 2,949
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont A-65-8-F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hicks, Seymore
- Registered owner
- Moulton, Katherine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1992 · 140 hours before
- Departed
- LHD
- Airport
- Lake Hood
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 650 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N71585 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.