# NTSB SEA86LA189: Luscombe 8A, N1886B, Rosalia, WA, August 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1986, 08:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Rosalia, WA
- Coordinates: 47.250331, -117.380058 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2503&lon=-117.3801&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): 40461
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40461/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA189

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - warning system(other) - lack of (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

DURING CLIMB OUT THE ACFT ENTERED A DEPARTURE STALL. THE ACFTS LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE ACFT CAME TO REST 90 DEGREES FROM ITS DEPARTURE HEADING. THIS ACFT HAS NO STALL WARNING SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1886B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1886B-2020-01-03), registration cancelled 2020-01-03, S/N 6313, built 1948 (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: 6313
- Airframe hours: 9034
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Carl E. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 17, 1985, 115 hours before
- Departed: 07S, DEER PARK, WA
- Destination: 72S, ROSALIA, WA
- Airport: 72S, Rosalia, runway 2, 2,850 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 1,276 total, 460 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860803076249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860803076249A), Aug 3, 1986: Luscom 8A, Rosalia, WA, Substantial damage. The aircraft stalled, turned and hit the ground during touch and go practice.

## Other investigations on N1886B (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 UNK64X1163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1163), Apr 4, 1964: Luscombe 8A (N1886B), Capistrano, CA, destroyed

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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