- Date
- December 12, 1982, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1026KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821212068339A
- Case key
- 71986
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Precautionary landing - performedCause
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - excessiveCause
Analysis
Pilot used brakes to attempt to straighten aircraft veering in crosswind and aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1026K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3753
- Airframe hours
- 2,192
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan Edwin Malone
- Registered owner
- Alan Edwin Malone
- Departed
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Destination
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Airport
- NEW · Lakefront, runway 27, 3,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
N1026KRegistration cancelled Dec 15, 2009 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9,525 total · 1,225 in this make and model · 9,100 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW
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 N1026K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.