- Date
- March 20, 1982, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Poestenkill, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1774KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820320005719A
- Case key
- 72271
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing flare while holding full aft on the control stick the right wing came up and the aircraft drifted left. Full right rudder and aileron were applied but the main gear struck a snowbank along the left side of the runway and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1774K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4501
- Airframe hours
- 2,148
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony Russo
- Registered owner
- Anthony Russo
- Departed
- So. Albany, NY
- Destination
- Rensselaer, NY
- Airport
- Rensselaer County, runway 36, 2,800 × 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,317 total · 6 in this make and model · 1,146 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 117 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1774K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.