- Date
- September 13, 1992, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1216BLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920913037539A
- Case key
- 11854
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Probable cause
The pilot's abrupt application of the brakes which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
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 was landing on the 1400 foot grass strip with 50 foot trees at both ends. According to the pilot, she landed long and fast. The airplane nosed over when she applied the brakes. The pilot stated that there was no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1216B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5843
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lucia Deleiris
- Registered owner
- Lucia Deleiris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 1991 · 106 hours before
- Departed
- 0 · Plymouth, MA
- Airport
- Liberty Field, runway 18, 1,400 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 255 total · 116 in this make and model · 215 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.