- Date
- August 26, 1985, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N47BMSilvaire Luscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850826041219A
- Case key
- 31258
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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.
Analysis
The acft was observed to take off, make a steep turn, a few seconds later, at an altitude of about 200 ft AGL, enter another steep turn and spin into the ground. Witnesses report that the pilot exhibited lack of control coordination while performing turns in that particular make and model of acft, and that he had on occasion, engaged in reckless flying.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47BM
- Reported as
- Silvaire Luscombe 8E (LUSCOMBE 8)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5125
- Airframe hours
- 1,836
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A.Garci
- Registered owner
- George Bermudez
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 20, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- 17FL · Grey Stone, runway 9, 3,640 × 100 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 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 N47BM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.