- Date
- October 18, 1986, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Macon, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1690KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861018051619A
- Case key
- 34314
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he encountered more severe crosswinds than planned upon landing and that he tried remedial action, including a rejected landing, but it came too late. The wind was blowing from the right on the landing roll as he shut down the engine and deflected full left rudder to try to ground-loop the airplane. The aircraft came to rest in an area of brambles and vegetation at the bottom of a hollow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1690K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4417
- Airframe hours
- 2,842
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Waldren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 12, 1986 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- HUT · Hutchinson, KS
- Destination
- K89 · Macon, MO
- Airport
- K89 · Macon-Fower Mem'L, runway 2, 3,300 × 60 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 26 in this make and model · 1,622 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 56 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.