- Date
- October 29, 1989, 11:18 local (15:18 UTC)
- Place
- Windham, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1160KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891029043439A
- Case key
- 36576
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to achieve proper lift-off speed.
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 pilot of the Luscombe 8A experienced a loss of control during takeoff. The right wing dipped and the aircraft started to veer to the right. The pilot pulled the power off and the aircraft settled on the grass to the right of the runway. The left main wheel broke off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1160K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3887
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard F. Jones
- Registered owner
- Roger Dayton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- 5B0
- Airport
- 5B0 · Windham, runway 27, 4,360 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 19 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °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 N1160K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.