- Date
- March 20, 1982, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blaine, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2623KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820320008309A
- Case key
- 69974
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Analysis
Upon arrival the pilot observed the wind to be 90 degrees to the runway with an estimated velocity of 5 to 7 knots. A low pass was completed followed by a landing on runway 32. During the rollout the aircraft drifted right, the landing gear encountered sod/soft terrain, and the aircraft nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2623K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5350
- Airframe hours
- 2,642
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy Williams
- Registered owner
- Roy Williams
- Departed
- CLM · Port Angeles, WA
- Destination
- Brooksville, FL
- Airport
- WA09 · Blaine Municipal, runway 32, 2,100 × 26 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 216 total · 197 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.