- Date
- June 7, 1987, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dodgeville, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1402BLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870607018849A
- Case key
- 13773
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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
While landing on runway 30, the pilot reported that the wind shifted from a crosswind to a tailwind. During an attempted go-around the pilot lost directional control and struck a metal utility shed prior to impacting the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1402B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6029
- Airframe hours
- 2,104
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary M. Hartwig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 27, 1986
- Departed
- ATW · Appleton, WI
- Airport
- 55C · Dodgeville Muni, runway 30, 2,750 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 506 total · 374 in this make and model · 442 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNR, 13 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.