- Date
- November 15, 1988, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1639BLuscombe 11A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881115050679A
- Case key
- 22814
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1639B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-145
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richardson, Riley P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- T17
- Airport
- T17 · Weiser Air Park, runway 27, 3,467 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 895 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 22 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.