- Date
- October 25, 1983, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Oakes, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2759KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831025055449A
- Case key
- 16285
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a brief stop at oaks, ND, for fuel, the plt took off to fly about 5 mi to his private strip in an alfalfa field. During the landing roll, the gear hit a gopher mound & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2759K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5486
- Airframe hours
- 5,486
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Ptacek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 16, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- Oakes, ND
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 13 in this make and model · 302 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N2759K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.