# NTSB LAX83LA111: Luscombe 8A, N1656K, Chino, CA, February 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1983, 10:02 local (18:02 UTC)
- Place: Chino, CA
- Coordinates: 34.000614, -117.679878 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0006&lon=-117.6799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23622
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23622/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA111

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT BOUNCED GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING. THE ACFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO GRASS THAT WAS ABOUT 3 FEET HIGH. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR DUG INTO SOFT DIRT THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT HAD ONLY ABOUT 3 HOURS FLYING TIME IN THE LUSCOMBE 8A. SHE HAD BEEN RELEASED FOR SOLO AFTER MAKING 6 TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR. PRIOR TO THE LAST LANDING SHE HAD MADE 3 SOLO TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1656K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1656K-2018-03-22), registration cancelled 2018-03-22, S/N 4383, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8E](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (registry code 8190112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4383
- Airframe hours: 2400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dale M. Clarke
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, December 1, 1982, 0 hours before
- Airport: CNO, Chino, runway 26, 3,850 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 80 total, 3 in this make and model, 27 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNO

## 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 19830221004449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830221004449A), Feb 21, 1983: Luscom 8A, Chino, CA, Substantial damage. Lost control after a bounced landing. Ground looped. Ran off runway into tall grass and flipped over.

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.

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