- Date
- July 28, 1983, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hunter, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1289BLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830728038729A
- Case key
- 35241
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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 reported that during the landing roll, the acft swerved to the left when he applied brakes. Subsequently, the acft went onto downward sloping terrain & the left main gear failed. An exam of the braking sys revealed that the right brake cable had become loose. Reportedly, the brakes had been inspected & adjusted during an annual inspection, dated 10 days prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1289B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5916
- Airframe hours
- 2,267
- Engine
- Continental A-65-A, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kraaijvanger, Paul H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1983
- Departed
- 20N · Kingston, NY
- Destination
- 0B4 · Hunter, NY
- Airport
- 0B4 · Hunter Mt., runway 18, 270 × 150 ft, gravel
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 453 total · 73 in this make and model · 404 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.