- Date
- August 12, 1984, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Levenworth, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1509BLuscombe 8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840812040129A
- Case key
- 39821
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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.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - downdraftCause
Climb - not maintainedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
According to the plt, downdrafts encountered after takeoff prevented a normal climb and resulted in a collision with trees at 60 to 80 ft AGL aprx 1 mile from the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1509B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- G136
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul F. Sands
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1984 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- WA32 · Lake Wenatchee State Arpt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 470 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 147 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 17,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 33 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.