# NTSB FTW83LA056: Luscombe 8A, N1026K, New Orleans, LA, December 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 12, 1982, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Coordinates: 30.019405, -90.019569 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0194&lon=-90.0196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71986
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71986/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA056

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT USED BRAKES TO ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN AIRCRAFT VEERING IN CROSSWIND AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1026K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1026K-2009-12-15), registration cancelled 2009-12-15, S/N 3753, 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: 3753
- Airframe hours: 2192
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821212068339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821212068339A), Dec 12, 1982: Luscom 8A, New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Lost control on a gusty crosswind wheel landing. Used brake to correct a swerve. Airplane nosed over.

## Other investigations on N1026K (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 CHI06CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA194), Jul 20, 2006: Luscombe 8A (N1026K), Marine City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the partial blocked carburetor fuel screen which resulted in partial fuel starvation and the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the forced landing…

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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