# NTSB DEN90LA117: Luscombe 8F, N1113B, Morgan, UT, May 26, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1990, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Morgan, UT
- Coordinates: 41.00986, -111.670486 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0099&lon=-111.6705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17936
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN90LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17936/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA117

## Probable cause

PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE BRAKES DURING LANDING ROLL.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON THE LAST LANDING, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TOO HARD AND THE PLANE NOSED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY. THE COWLING, SKIN AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1113B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1113B), registered now, S/N 5740, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8F
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8F](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8f) (registry code 8190114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5740
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90-12F 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Douglas H. Harris
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Departed: 42U
- Destination: 42U
- Airport: 42U, Morgan County, runway 21, 3,800 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 95 total, 9 in this make and model, 95 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900526017449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900526017449A), May 26, 1990: Luscom 8F, Morgan, UT, Substantial damage. Practicing touch and go landings. During taxi from last landing, taxied too fast and applied too much brake.

## Other investigations on N1113B (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN23LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA170), Apr 30, 2023: Luscombe 8F (N1113B), Palmer, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The installation of an unapproved rudder control cable, which resulted in a fatigue failure and subsequent loss of rudder control during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the mechanic’s…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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