- Date
- September 17, 1992, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39087Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 27767
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Probable cause
The failure of the student to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the low speed portion of the landing roll. A factor in the accident was the lack of brake pedals at the instructor's seat position on the right side of the cockpit.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor said the student made three prior landings in the aircraft. On the fourth landing, the aircraft decelerated to about 15 miles per hour when it began veering off the runway. The instructor said the right seat position does not have brakes and he could not control the aircraft with rudder alone due to the reduced speed. The aircraft ground looped, collapsing the right landing gear and damaging the wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39087
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1848
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Springfield Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Glen Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1992 · 54 hours before
- Airport
- O22 · Columbia, runway 24, 2,800 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,946 total · 180 in this make and model · 1,813 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N39087 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.