- Date
- December 7, 1991, 12:51 local (18:51 UTC)
- Place
- Southlake, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45722Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911207054999A
- Case key
- 18417
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor was improper airspeed prior to touchdown which resulted in a hard landing.
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 pilot was attempting a touch and go landing at an unfamiliar airport when directional control of the tailwheel airplane was lost following a hard landing on the left main landing gear. The airplane swerved to the right off the runway. The pilot applied full power during an attempt to recover and struck rocks with the airplane's right main gear. It then continued to the right and impacted a fence and trees. No mechanical failure was found or reported. The pilot reported to the FAA coordinator that he was slow during final approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45722
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2249
- Airframe hours
- 1,487
- Engine
- Continental A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dwight C. Brown
- Registered owner
- Dwight C. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1991 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- F67 · Grand Prairie, TX
- Destination
- 23F · Southlake, TX
- Airport
- 23F · Goode, runway 17, 3,130 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 127 total · 14 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AFW, 7 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.
Other investigations on N45722 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.