- Date
- March 29, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N71611Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860329010979A
- Case key
- 22004
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Aborted takeoff - initiatedCause
Visual lookout - inadequateFactor
Emergency procedure - performedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
A flight instructor was showing his student how to takeoff from a crass strip when he noticed another aircraft taking off on an intersecting runway. He elected to abort the takeoff, and the aircraft collided with a ditch, damaging the main gear, left wing and propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71611
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3038
- Airframe hours
- 2,194
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kerry Hartless
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1986
- Airport
- T17 · Weiser, runway 10, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,290 total · 20 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH, 13 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.