- Date
- December 12, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Morganton, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71966Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861212067469A
- Case key
- 7358
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Brakes(normal) - delayedCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - failure,total
Analysis
Plt reptd doing LCL flying for about one hr after dept from pvt grass strip. Made apch and ldg at Morganton-lenoir apt. On touchdown plt reptd bouncing, and being unable to recover before lt main gear collapsed and lt wing dragged. Plt stated that he felt that he missed the left wheel brake pedal when he attempted to recover from right swerve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71966
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3393
- Airframe hours
- 917
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marcellus M. Forbes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- NC52 · Morganton, NC
- Destination
- MRN · Morganton, NC
- Airport
- MRN · Lenoir-Morganton, runway 21, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 34 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.