- Date
- September 5, 1987, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burbank, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N71513Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870905081129A
- Case key
- 40689
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Stall warning system - not installedFactor
Stall - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While on a local pleasure flight the pilot made a 30 degree, banked turn at reduced power. The aircraft entered a stall and descended to the ground. The aircraft has no stall warning system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71513
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2940
- Airframe hours
- 2,614
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lyle L. Boylan
- Registered owner
- Lyle L Boylan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1986
- Departed
- S95 · College Place, WA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 81 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.