- Date
- July 28, 1985, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Coventryville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45564Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850728040479A
- Case key
- 35934
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a local flt over Coventryville, NY, the plt decided to overfly and observe a building. The plt made one pass and was about to make another when the eng began to lose pwr. While planning to land in a nearby fld, the eng regained pwr and the plt discontinued the emergency landing. The acft did not climb sufficiently to clear the trees and collided with the tree tops at about 50 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45564
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2091
- Airframe hours
- 1,445
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard B. Howe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 22, 1984 · 169 hours before
- Departed
- N23 · Sidney, NY
- Destination
- NY73 · Coventryville, NY
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,130 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
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 N45564 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.