- Date
- July 12, 1990, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Logan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45537Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900712025429A
- Case key
- 17972
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his improper use of the wheel brakes. A factor related to the accident was: the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft.
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
The pilot was flying the aircraft to Logan, Utah for the owner, he had approximately 10 hours of total time in the Luscombe. He reported that after landing on runway 17 and during the rollout, the airplane began to 'weathervane slightly.' Subsequently, as the pilot was applying wheel brakes, the airplane nosed over. At 1650 MDT, the wind at Logan was rprtd to be from 180 deg at 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45537
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2064
- Engine
- Continental C-6S, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chesley, Kurt
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Destination
- LGU
- Airport
- LGH · Logan-Cache, runway 17, 5,931 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGU
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 N45537 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.