- Date
- March 4, 1984, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2843KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840304005189A
- Case key
- 35507
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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 acft was decelerating at about 35 mph during roll when a gust of wind picked up the right wing and the acft veered to the right. Full power was applied to regain control and during acceleration the right main gear collapsed and the acft pivoted right and stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2843K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5570
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- W. L. Hebenstreit
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1983 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- BED · Bedford, MA
- Airport
- Hanscom Field, runway 5, 5,106 × 150 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 190 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.