- Date
- June 2, 1996, 21:00 local (Jun 3, 1996, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2887KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960602014419A
- Case key
- 10268
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Probable cause
foreign material, probably due to improper maintenance, which blocked the main fuel metering jet of the carburetor, and resulted in fuel starvation and loss of engine power.
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
During the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing, the engine suddenly stopped running. The pilot made a forced landing on airport property, but the airplane nosed over during the landing. A post-accident inspection revealed the carburetor main metering jet was blocked by a substance similar to Lock Tite.
Factual narrative
On June 2, 1996, at 2100 eastern daylight time, a Luscombe 8A, N2887K, operated by an ATR pilot nosed over during a forced landing shortly after takeoff. The accident occurred as the airplane was taking off on runway 27 at the Greenville Municipal Airport, Greenville, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local 14 CFR Part 91 flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured. The flight originated at the Greenville Municipal Airport at 2045 edt.
The pilot reported that he had been practicing touch and go landings prior to the accident. According to the pilot, the engine suddenly quit during the takeoff portion of the third or fourth touch and go. The pilot landed the airplane on the airport property; however, it nosed over during the landing.
Post accident inspection of the airplane and engine was conducted by inspectors from the Grand Rapids, Michigan Flight Standards District Office of the Federal Aviation Administration. They reported that the main metering fuel jet in the carburetor was blocked by a substance which resembled Lock Tite.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2887K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5614
- Airframe hours
- 4,262
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ross J. Middlebrook
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1995 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 6D6
- Destination
- 6D6
- Airport
- 6D6 · Greenville Municipal, runway 27, 3,700 × 75 ft
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,800 total · 30 in this make and model · 2,955 as pilot in command · 146 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.