Luscombe 8A N23004

Summary

On 13 June 1985 at about 19:32 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N23004, operated by Ebert A. Crueaa, was involved in an accident near Jeffersonville, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 June 1985 at 19:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Jeffersonville, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Private (RLA)

Coordinates

39.6499, -83.5498

Aircraft

Luscombe 8A

Registration

N23004

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ebert A. Crueaa

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waynesville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FA229

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRPLANE HAD CIRCLED THE NORTH-SOUTH GRASS RUNWAY TWICE BEFORE ATTEMPTING A SOUTH LANDING WITH AN ESTIMATED 20 TO 30 MPH CROSSWIND FROM THE WEST. THE AIRPLANE STALED AND MADE A 360 DEGREE ROLL. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN AN ALMOST LEVEL ATTITUDE WITH LITTLE FORWARD MOVEMENT. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT HAD OVERSHOT THE CENTERINE OF THE RUNWAY AND HAD STEEPENED HIS TURN TRYING TO RETURN TO CENTERLINE WHEN CONTROL WAS LOST. THE PILOT HAD 390 HOURS TOTAL TIME OF WHICH ONLY TWENTY HOURS WERE DUAL INSTRUCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.