- Date
- October 14, 1982, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Choteau, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2231BLuscombe T-8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821014052829A
- Case key
- 70240
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Stall/spin - uncontrolledCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The PIC was a designated pilot examiner. The purpose of the flt was to give the PIC opportunity to fly the acft from the rear seat as he was planning to give flt instruction in the acft in the near future. As FAR as could be determined, the PIC had never flown the acft from the rear seat. The acft impacted the ground in a flat spin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2231B
- Reported as
- Luscombe T-8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6658
- Airframe hours
- 7,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Insurance Associates, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Insurance Associates, Inc.
- Departed
- 4U5 · Choteau, MT
- Destination
- 4U5 · Choteau, MT
- Airport
- 4U5 · Choteau
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,126 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,709 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GTF, 39 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.