- Date
- February 28, 1993, 13:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mason City, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2611KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930228003849A
- Case key
- 15677
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Probable cause
Excessive braking by the dual student.
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 private pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings with an instructor to obtain an endorsement for tailwheel airplanes. The wind was 70 degrees left of runway heading at 16 knots. During landing rollout, the airplane turned into the wind. The instructor came on the controls to regain directional control. The dual student applied brakes, and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2611K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5338
- Airframe hours
- 1,517
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ljc Flyers, Inc
- Registered owner
- Ljc Flyers, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1992 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- MCW
- Destination
- MCW
- Airport
- MCW · Mason City Municipal, runway 3, 5,502 × 150 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,050 total · 90 in this make and model · 764 as pilot in command · 164 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCW, 1 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.
Other investigations on N2611K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.