- Date
- July 23, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burleson, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25236Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880723027649A
- Case key
- 22445
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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.
Analysis
The airplane was on downwind when the pilot pulled on the carburetor heat and reduced the RPM. When he reapplied power, the engine would not respond. During the forced landing, the pilot got the airplane on the airport but hit the right wing and tailwheel on the airport boundary fence. Investigation revealed a dirt dauber nest in the fuel cap vent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25236
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11410
- Airframe hours
- 2,225
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bransom, Robert M.
- Registered owner
- Bransom Robert N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1988 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Keller, TX
- Airport
- NONE · Bransom Farm
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 32 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.