- Date
- July 25, 1991, 06:55 local (11:55 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Geneva, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N28580Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910725029859A
- Case key
- 15127
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Probable cause
Aircraft control was not maintained by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were a quartering tailwind.
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 said that while attempting to takeoff, he raised the tail and the aircraft continued to nose down until the propeller struck the runway and aircraft nosed over. The takeoff was attempted with a light, quartering tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28580
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1409
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel J. Hanson
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- C02 · Americana, runway 23, 4,100 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 636 total · 402 in this make and model · 52 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MKE, 30 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.