- Date
- October 14, 1983, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Victorville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7113OLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24058
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 engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel supply - inattentiveCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - not maintainedCause
Forced landing
Main gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The plt stated that the flt was proceeding smoothly until he veered off course to go around a restricted area & became slightly lost. When he was 5-1/2 mi se of george afb & 36 mi sw of his destination he noticed that the fuel gage was reading empty. Moments later the eng quit & a forced landing was made in a dry sewage pond collapsing both landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7113O
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2557
- Airframe hours
- 1,293
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph Mcpeek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1983 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- HAF · Moss Beach, CA
- Destination
- DAG · Barstow, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 450 in this make and model · 405 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F