- Date
- November 12, 1983, 09:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1186BLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831112056999A
- Case key
- 24084
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a local flt, the acft collide with terrain while the aircrew were performing low alt maneuvers. One of the occupants was an instructor plt (CFI) & the other was a private plt. Neither claimed to be the plt in command, but the private plt was the registered owner of the acft. Reportedly, the CFI had no previous flt time in this make & model & the owner had only 2.1 hrs. According to witnesses, low turns were being performed at about 50 ft AGL. They observed the acft enter an abrupt maneuver, similar to an ag turn, then hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1186B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5813
- Engine
- Continental 12A, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry L. Emig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1983
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 774 total · 686 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N1186B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.