# NTSB CHI84LA230: Luscombe 8A, N1244K, Center Village, OH, June 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1984, 20:40 local (Jun 12, 1984, 00:40 UTC)
- Place: Center Village, OH
- Coordinates: 40.119102, -82.909179 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1191&lon=-82.9092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12644
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA230
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12644/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA230

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF, THE ACFT PREMATURELY BECAME AIRBORNE, THEN SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RWY & LIFTED OFF AGAIN. DURING THE SECOND LIFT-OFF, HE RAISED THE LEFT W ING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LEFT X-WIND BLEW THE ACFT INTO A TREE LINE BESIDE THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1244K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1244K-2013-08-05), registration cancelled 2013-08-05, S/N 3971, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3971
- Airframe hours: 3971
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard D. Gilliam
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 4, 1983
- Airport: 01I, August Acres, runway 9, 2,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 420 total, 420 in this make and model, 380 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CMH, 12 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840611023509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840611023509A), Jun 11, 1984: Luscom 8A, Center Village, OH, Destroyed. Aircraft became airborne prematurely and drifted into trees along side of runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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