- Date
- April 28, 1984, 10:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1955BLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840428014619A
- Case key
- 12594
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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
After a normal 3-point, full stall landing, the tailwheel equipped acft rolled a short distance, then veered to the left. The plt stated that he applied right rudder & both brakes, but the acft continued to the left. He reported that as the plane went off the rwy, the right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1955B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6352
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Rippee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- SLO · Salem, IL
- Airport
- 2H0 · Shelby County, runway 18, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,005 total · 65 in this make and model · 1,868 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.