- Date
- July 4, 1992, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Napoleon, ND
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2264KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920704023479A
- Case key
- 15485
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed above a stall.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aerobatics - performedFactor
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - open field
Analysis
A private pilot gave airport bystanders rides in his newly purchased airplane. Witnesses' description of the final maneuver are consistent with entry for a loop or immelman. The airplane climbed to the inverted position, fell out of the maneuver, and turned twice counterclockwise before ground collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2264K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4991
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold L. Moore & Brian Teubel
- Registered owner
- Harold L. Moore & Brian Teubel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- ND45
- Destination
- ND45
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 563 total · 17 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIS, 32 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.