- Date
- May 13, 1989, 11:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Battle Mountain, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2943KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890513011359A
- Case key
- 41010
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind condition by the pilot. Contributing to the accident were wind gusts encountered during landing flare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during the flare, a gust of wind picked the aircraft up and the aircraft stalled and groundlooped. The aircraft left the right side of the runway and struck a ditch. The pilot had just purchased the aircraft and was ferrying it to California.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2943K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5670
- Airframe hours
- 1,319
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack W. Bowie
- Registered owner
- Jack W Bowie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- ENV · Wendover, UT
- Airport
- BAM · Lander County, runway 3, 7,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 23 in this make and model · 231 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BAM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2943K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.