- Date
- August 19, 1986, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pelican, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45830Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860819044359A
- Case key
- 40296
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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
At about 1500 adt on 8/19/86, the plt departed on a flt to hoonak, AK. When he did not return, a search was initiated. The acft was located at 1400 adt on the following day where it had crashed on rising mountainous terrain at an elev of about 1740 ft. an exam revealed the acft had impacted in a steep nose down attitude. There was virtually no movement after impact. The acft wings showed a slight counter-clockwise twist & the floats & tail cone were canted to the left. A check of the plt's blood showed a slight amount of alcohol (0.026%); however, the amount due to psbl putrefaction was not verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45830
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2357
- Engine
- Continental C-90-8F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert R. Shelley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Pelican, AK
- Destination
- Hoonah, AK
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 191 in this make and model · 128 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.