- Date
- May 21, 1989, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ramsey, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2746KLuscombe 8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890521014479A
- Case key
- 34790
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Probable cause
The passengers interference with the flight controls and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the ditch located short of the runway which the aircraft contacted.
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 returning to the airport after giving his passenger her first airplane ride, the passenger became ill. While on final approach, the pax bent forward causing control interference in the side by side stick configured acft. The plt said he was having difficulty maintaining control of the aircraft and landed about 100 yards short of the runway colliding with a seven foot deep ditch. The acft then nosed over into an inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2746K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5473
- Airframe hours
- 8,014
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hillberg, Leland E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1989 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Y25
- Airport
- Y25 · Gateway North, runway 16, 2,500 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 230 in this make and model · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIC, 15 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.