- Date
- June 24, 1985, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39087Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850624027389A
- Case key
- 24752
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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 lost directional control,during the takeoff phase of a touch and go landing. The acft swerved off the runway as it entered a ground loop that collapsed the right landing gear strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39087
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1848
- Airframe hours
- 1,262
- Engine
- Continental A658, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald C. Lawson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 1, 1985
- Departed
- SIC · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- SJC · San Jose Intl., runway 12, 8,899 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,617 total · 284 in this make and model · 1,494 as pilot in command · 172 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC
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 N39087 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.