- Date
- August 13, 1985, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Carthage, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2661KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850813038459A
- Case key
- 35944
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot,while climbing to cruise, the engine began to run rough; however it did not quit. The pilot decided to return to the field for a precautionary landing. While turning onto final approach, the engine quit and the pilot attempted to glide to the runway. The altitude was insufficient to clear the high vegetation on the approach end of the runway and the aircraft collided with it. The aircraft then contacted the runway in a nose down attitude and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2661K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5388
- Airframe hours
- 1,773
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Connaghan, Hugh J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- ART · Watertown, NY
- Airport
- Carthage, runway 27, 2,500 × 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
- 61
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,453 total · 278 in this make and model · 1,326 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ART, 25 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.