# NTSB FTW83FRG02: Luscombe 8A, N71557, San Antonio, TX, October 31, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Coordinates: 29.250667, -98.330825 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2507&lon=-98.3308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83FRG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72480/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FRG02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

THE PILOT TOOKOFF IN GUSTY WINDS AND ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 85 KTS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CLIMBED STEEPLY, STALLED AND CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71557](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71557-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 2984, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2984
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-1 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mtchel L. Huser
- Registered owner: Mtchel L. Huser
- Departed: SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Destination: C, AUSTIN, TX
- Airport: Midlake Airport, runway 16, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,458 total, 71 in this make and model, 6,434 as pilot in command, 106 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles

## 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 19821031056029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821031056029A), Oct 31, 1982: Luscom 8A, San Antonio, TX, Destroyed. Pilot pulled aircraft into steep climb after takeoff resulting in stall and crash.

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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