- Date
- September 20, 1982, 17:45 local (Sep 21, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N45486Luscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820920056329A
- Case key
- 72340
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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 pilot stated that during takeoff, the aircraft tail was raised too soon and that the aircraft torqued left. The aircraft was subsequently lifted off the runway prematurely and stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45486
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 1,332
- Engine
- Continental 85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Candace M. Hamlin
- Registered owner
- Candace M. Hamlin
- Departed
- SEE · Gillespie, CA
- Destination
- SEE · Gillespie, CA
- Airport
- L39 · Ramona, runway 27, 4,000 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N45486 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.