# NTSB SEA85LYE01: Luscombe 8A, N28833, Cheney, WA, February 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1985, 07:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Cheney, WA
- Coordinates: 47.430992, -117.620483 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4310&lon=-117.6205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40255
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LYE01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40255/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LYE01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undetermined, landing
  - reason for occurrence undetermined, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACFT WAS FOUND ABANDONED AFTER SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN APPARENT LNDG ATTEMPT IN SNOW-COVERED MARSH. PRESUMED PILOT HAD EXPIRED STUDENT CERTIFICATE AND HAD REGISTERED ACFT TO SELF UNDER AN ALIAS. CIRCUMSTANCES OF MISHAP UNKNOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28833](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28833-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 1575, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1575
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Nicholas A. Mccoy
- Registered owner: Bruce Carper
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: UNKNOWN
- Destination: UNKNOWN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; medical: class 3, expired

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 18 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GEG, 16 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850216073019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850216073019A), Feb 16, 1985: Luscom 8A, Cheney, WA, Substantial damage. Landed on snow covered marsh striking a fence on rollout. Aircraft was abandoned.

## Other investigations on N28833 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA68D0105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0105-113797), Aug 28, 1967: Luscombe 8A (N28833), Deer Park, WA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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