- Date
- August 16, 1986, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fallbrook, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2568KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860816040609A
- Case key
- 25235
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft went out of control during the takeoff ground run on rwy 18 and collided with the terrain. The plt indicated he lost control while attempting a rolling takeoff after taxiing into position on the rwy without stopping. He stated he normally stopped the acft prior to applying takeoff power, but this time he did not. The acft first swerved to the right. The plt over compensated and the acft swerved back to the left and then back to the right off the rwy. The plt also indicated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2568K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5295
- Airframe hours
- 4,647
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Protzman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- L18 · Fallbrook, CA
- Airport
- L18 · Fallbrook Communitya/Park, runway 18, 2,160 × 70 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,244 total · 111 in this make and model · 1,105 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAN, 33 nm away
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 N2568K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.