- Date
- April 13, 1986, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsford, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N28914Luscombe 8B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860413011379A
- Case key
- 13253
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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
The pilot overshot final approach due to a 10-15 kt tailwind on base leg. According to a pilot friend on the ground he put the acft into a 60 degree bank to in an attempt to realign himself with the final approach course. During this steep turn the aircraft stalled. The low altitude at the time of the stall precluded recovery before ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28914
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1656
- Airframe hours
- 1,708
- Engine
- Lycoming O-145B2, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry E. Yager
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- RLA · Hudson, MI
- Airport
- Julian Rla, runway 18, 1,800 × 60 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 245 in this make and model · 905 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN, 25 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.