- Date
- April 12, 1989, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- St Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N311PLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890412028689A
- Case key
- 32423
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Probable cause
Fuel contamination. A related factor was the tree.
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 plt stated that the acft eng lost power gradually. During a forced landing on a dirt road, the right wing struck a tree & was damaged. A post accident exam of the eng revealed the fuel was contaminated, which resulted in the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N311P
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1479
- Airframe hours
- 2,640
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Newton, Richard D
- Registered owner
- Richard D Newton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SGJ · St Augustine, FL
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 40 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 25 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.