- Date
- June 16, 1991, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2587KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910616021949A
- Case key
- 41452
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and decision to attempt flights in unfavorable environmental codnitions. The environmental conditions were factors in the accident.
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
The flt encountered gusty downdraft winds, dust devils, virga and rain showers during climb after takeoff. The acft would not climb to clear a ridgeline in the flt path and the pilot reversed course to land at the arpt. The flt encountered downdrafts on final appr and the pilot initiated a precautionary ldg in an open area. The acft impacted a ditch on landing roll and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2587K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5314
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale E. Ryder
- Registered owner
- Dale E. Ryder
- Departed
- RKS · Rock Springs, WY
- Destination
- PVU · Provo, UT
- Airport
- RKS · Rock Springs
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
- 69
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RKS, 3 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.
Other investigations on N2587K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.