- Date
- April 12, 1991, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fibre, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- CGWGZLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15043
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Probable cause
The pilot attempting to taxi on unsuitable terrain.
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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow covered
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - attemptedCause
Analysis
The accident airplane nosed over while taxiing after an off airport precautionary landing. According to the pilot he elected to make the precautionary landing after he saw a decrease in engine oil pressure and an increase in engine oil temperature. The landing was successful. The airplane nosed over in snow while taxiing from the landing site to a nearby farm house.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGWGZ
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1471
- Engine
- Continental C85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mike Schell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ERY · Luce County, MI
- Destination
- Y66 · Drummond Island, MI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificates
- Private, Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 17 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast