- Date
- August 28, 1988, 14:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Painton, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1404KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880828035339A
- Case key
- 34453
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Probable cause
Pilot did not maintian the proper decent rate on the final approach to the airport.
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
While the pilot was making an approach to the airport, the aircraft struck an unmarked power line. The power line was located about 650 feet from the approach end of the runway & 46 feet above ground level. After hitting the power lines, the aircraft crashed in a bean field and was extensively damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1404K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4131
- Airframe hours
- 2,170
- Engine
- Continental C-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dejournett, William D.
- Registered owner
- Dejournett, William
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- DXE · Dexter, MO
- Destination
- MO66
- Airport
- M066 · Eaa, Chapter 453, runway 30, 3,000 × 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 310 total · 220 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Observed at
- CGI, 14 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.