- Date
- July 30, 2005, 20:00 local (Jul 31, 2005, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sturtevant, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1841BLuscombe 8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Milwaukee, WI, FSDO
- Case key
- 62250
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Probable cause
The pilot not obtaining/maintaining airplane control during the aborted takeoff. A factor was the berm.
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 tailwheel airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during an aborted takeoff. The pilot's accident report stated, "On the accident take off, the airplane approached flying speed and hit a bump on the runway which caused the airplane to suddenly veer to the left. Another bump cause the airplane to become airborne before a positive rate of climb could occur. The airplane was going to hit a berm so I closed the throttle and did what I could to minimize the impact and damage."
Factual narrative
On July 30, 2005, about 2000 central daylight time, a Luscombe 8F, N1841B, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during an aborted takeoff from the Sylvania Airport, near Sturtevant, Wisconsin. The personal flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot reported no injuries. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.
The pilot's accident report stated:
I was flying the airplane in the pattern on a grass runway. On the
accident take off, the airplane approached flying speed and hit a
bump on the runway which caused the airplane to suddenly veer to
the left. Another bump cause the airplane to become airborne
before a positive rate of climb could occur. The airplane was
going to hit a berm so I closed the throttle and did what I could to
minimize the impact and damage.
At 1953, the reported weather at the Kenosha Regional Airport, near Kenosha, Wisconsin, was: Wind 140 degrees at 5 knots; visibility 10 statute miles; sky condition clear; temperature 23 degrees C; dew point 18 degrees C; altimeter 30.19 inches of mercury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1841B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6268
- Airframe hours
- 2,311
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert, William, Christopher Dyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2005 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- C89 · Sturtevant, WI
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,516 total · 250 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- ENW