- Date
- August 17, 1991, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2253KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910817034539A
- Case key
- 18124
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Probable cause
Physical impairment of the pilot in command for unknown reasons.
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
During cruise flight at 500 to 600 feet AGL, the pilot became lightheaded and attempted a precautionary landing on a road. During the flare touchdown phase, the aircraft struck a fence. Aircraft control was lost and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The reason for the pilot's physical impairment could not be established.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2253K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4980
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Christopher J. Hill
- Registered owner
- Christopher J. Hill
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 100 in this make and model · 280 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- APA, 20 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.