- Date
- November 1, 1986, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71745Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861101052739A
- Case key
- 25464
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the terrain during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The plt indicated that he retarded the throttle and applied the carburetor heat to descend from 3,000 to 2,000 ft when the engine quit. He was unable to restart the engine because the acft was not equipped with an electrical starting system. He landed the acft in a field with rough/soft surface conditions collapsing the landing gear and causing substantial damage to the acft's fuselage. The plt also indicated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions. The acft's engine was examined and no cause for the loss of power was determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71745
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3172
- Airframe hours
- 2,532
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vernon, Carlton H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1986 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- HWD · Haywood, CA
- Destination
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, CA
- Airport
- HAF · Halfmoon Bay
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,064 total · 23 in this make and model · 2,993 as pilot in command · 214 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC, 26 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 N71745 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.