- Date
- January 24, 1986, 12:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1507BLuscombe 8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860124083459A
- Case key
- 25057
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that on approach he was 'a little high & hot' for the 5000-FT-long rwy. He said that at midfield he was 100 ft. AGL & he decided to go around. Upon applying power only 700 RPM was obtained, so he then attempted to land the acft at the end of the arpt. The acft overflew the end of the pavement, touched down in an adjacent soft, dirt field and nosed over. The reason the engine only produced 700 RPM was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1507B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6134
- Airframe hours
- 3,862
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William W. Scudder, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1985 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, CA
- Airport
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, runway 30, 5,000 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 851 total · 470 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.