- Date
- May 21, 1988, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Geneva, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N45980Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880521015769A
- Case key
- 32183
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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 pilot state that he encountered turbulence over a tree line while on short final approach. The aircraft began to sink and before the sink rate could be arrested the aircraft struck a tree. The aircraft touched down short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45980
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2507
- Airframe hours
- 1,290
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel C. Shaww
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1987 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- Southerland, runway 11, 2,200 × 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 694 total · 9 in this make and model · 464 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB, 5 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.