- Date
- March 8, 1986, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hampton, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71633Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860308006819A
- Case key
- 7074
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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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.
Nose over
Aircraft preflight - inadequate
Landing gear,normal brake system - inoperativeCause
Maintenance,inspection - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose down
Analysis
During landing roll the pilot was unable to keep the tailwheel on the ground and the aircraft nosed over. Post crash examination of the wreckage disclosed that the brake pads were worn down to the rivets.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71633
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3060
- Airframe hours
- 3,143
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn Warner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 7A3 · Lanett, AL
- Airport
- 4A7 · Henry Co, runway 6, 3,375 × 40 ft, asphalt
N71633Registration cancelled Mar 9, 2004 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 67
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29,238 total · 300 in this make and model · 28,238 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.