- Date
- March 31, 1986, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Watkins, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1593BLuscombe T-8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860331011069A
- Case key
- 16943
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While practicing ground reference maneuvers at 500 ft AGL a total loss of engine power was experienced. The pilot rated passenger in the rear seat performed the emergency landing while the PIC attempted to restart the engine. The landing was made on open rolling terrain with a 15 kt gusting to 20 kt tailwind. The aircraft stalled/mushed during the landing and impacted the terrain in a nose down attitude. The co-plt was not checked out in the acft. His recent flight experience was in large transport aircraft. Post accident inspection of the aircraft and engine failed to disclose cause of the engine failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1593B
- Reported as
- Luscombe T-8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6220
- Airframe hours
- 3,095
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn Terry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 27, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- O1V · Aurora, CO
- Airport
- 01V · Aurora
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,560 total · 4 in this make and model · 4,077 as pilot in command · 241 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 16 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.