- Date
- October 11, 1991, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rawlins, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2015BLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911011045829A
- Case key
- 41603
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Probable cause
An inadequate weather evaluation. Factors to the accident were: gusts and crosswind.
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
During the landing roll, a gust of wind from the left lifted the left wing and swung the nose of the airplane to the left. The pilot was able to level the wings, however, the aiplane travelled off the edge of the runway. The pilot attempted to go-around, however, the main landing gear caught on a ditch. The airplane ground looped and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2015B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6442
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gregory D. Waters
- Registered owner
- Gregory D. Waters
- Departed
- TOR · Torrington, WY
- Airport
- RWL · Rawlins, runway 28, 4,320 × 60 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 20 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.