# NTSB GAA15CA160: Silvaire Luscombe 8A, N28437, Anacortes, WA, June 26, 2015 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 26, 2015, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Anacortes, WA - Coordinates: 48.498611, -122.662498 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4986&lon=-122.6625&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 11, 2015 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 91509 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA15CA160 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91509/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91509 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA160 ## Probable cause The pilot's excessive brake application during the landing roll resulting in a nose over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=8190120), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=8190120), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=8190120), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=8190120), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during the landing roll he applied "excessive" brakes, and the airplane nosed over. The empennage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during the landing roll he applied "excessive" brakes, and the airplane nosed over. The empennage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N28437](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28437), registered now, S/N 1304, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: SILVAIRE LUSCOMBE 8A (UNDESIGNAT) - Registry model: [Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190120) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1304 - Year built: 1940 - Airframe hours: 3705 - Engines: Continental 8A65-9-F 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Steve McLean and Lyle E. Mooney - Registered owner: Steve McLean and Lyle E. Mooney - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 22, 2015, 2 hours before - Departed: 74S, Anacortes, WA - Destination: 74S, Anacortes, WA - Airport: 74S, Anacortes, runway 18, 3,015 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 83; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 23, 2013; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 423.1 total, 13.5 in this make and model, 423.1 as pilot in command, 1.7 in the last 30 days, 0.4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.05 inHg - Observed at: BVS, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20150626009039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150626009039A), Jun 26, 2015: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, Anacortes, WA, Substantial damage. During crosswind landing on runway 18 at Anacortes, WA airport, pilot drifted slightly to the left of centerline and corrected back to the center of the… ## Other investigations on N28437 (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 GAA16CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA193), Apr 19, 2016: Silvaire Luscombe 8A (N28437), Burlington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll, resulting in a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and ground loop. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91509. 4.2 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40431201&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1 - Empennage (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 365 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40431202&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Empennage%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.