- Date
- May 15, 1988, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2047KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880515024089A
- Case key
- 36148
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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 Luscombe 8E experienced a failure of the right main landing gear axle during a bounced landing. The failure occurred at the weld where the axle attaches to the landing gear strut. Examination of the fracture revealed a pre-existing crack that was not detected prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2047K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4774
- Airframe hours
- 814
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William R. Alexander
- Registered owner
- William R Alexander
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1987 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- 92C · Pulaski, WI
- Destination
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Airport
- ROC · Monroe Co., runway 7, 4,403 × 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,200 total · 32 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.