- Date
- August 18, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6381TCorbin Baby ACE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830818044969A
- Case key
- 6171
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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 the main wheels of the tail wheel acft. The pilot reported adding power during thelanding roll when the nose started to tuck. He was unable to recover using power and elevator. The pilot also stated that there was no material or system malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6381T
- Reported as
- Corbin Baby ACE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- PK-1
- Airframe hours
- 621
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-6, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arch L. Howard
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1983
- Departed
- Cynthiana, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Blue Hawn, runway 31, 2,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 487 total · 97 in this make and model · 341 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.