- Date
- September 20, 1992, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gates, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39039Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920920037569A
- Case key
- 42903
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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Probable cause
The excessive application of the brakes by the pilot in command. Factors contributing to the accident were the tailwind and the pilots visual (mis)perception of runway gradient.
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
Upon arrival at the airport the pilot in command perceived an uphill gradient as well as a 5-10 knot wind out of the west. Choosing to land to the east due to the gradient he touched down within the first 25% of the runway. The pilot reported that during the rollout he 'applied brakes, (but the) aircraft was going too fast and flipped over.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39039
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1800
- Airframe hours
- 1,458
- Engine
- Continental, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wirt, Daniel P.
- Registered owner
- Wirt, Daniel P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1992 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 3S2 · Aurora, OR
- Airport
- 6S4 · Davis, runway 7, 1,940 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 512 total · 31 in this make and model · 449 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.