- Date
- March 27, 1988, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lompoc, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1374BLuscombe 8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880327008329A
- Case key
- 25972
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - high windFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Nose over
Analysis
During the landing roll with a crosswind of 15-20 knots, the pilot lost control of the aircraft, collided with the terrain and, approximately 200 yards off the runway, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1374B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6001
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce M. Markovich
- Registered owner
- Gary W. Drost
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LPC · Lompoc, CA
- Airport
- LPC · Lompoc, runway 25, 3,600 × 100 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 20 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMX, 14 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.