- Date
- March 15, 1992, 14:43 local (22:43 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1127BLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920315006209A
- Case key
- 41642
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent.
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 final approach to rwy 28L the pilot utilized a slip to lose altitude. Just before touchdown he reported that the aircraft dropped and hit hard short of the runway threshold. The right main wheel separated and the aircraft nosed over immediately thereafter. Winds at nearby reporting stations were light. The runway's 20:1 approach clearance plane was obstructed and the runway was not marked for a clear 20:1 approach clearance plane. Additionally, no visual glide slope information was available to pilots landing on this rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1127B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5754
- Airframe hours
- 1,846
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward U. Mcbride
- Registered owner
- Edward U. Mcbride
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1991 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- 03S · Sandy, OR
- Airport
- 59S · Evergreen Field, runway 28, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 349 total · 293 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 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 N1127B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.