Luscombe 8F N1507B
24 January 1986 · Half Moon Bay, California, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 24 January 1986 at about 20:50 local time, a Luscombe 8F registered N1507B was involved in an accident near Half Moon Bay, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Half Moon Bay, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Half Moon Bay (HAF)
- Coordinates
- 37.4408, -122.4110
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8F
- Registration
- N1507B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- San Carlos → Half Moon Bay
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX86LA096
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
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 PLT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH HE WAS 'A LITTLE HIGH & HOT' FOR THE 5000-FT-LONG RWY. HE SAID THAT AT MIDFIELD HE WAS 100 FT. AGL & HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. UPON APPLYING POWER ONLY 700 RPM WAS OBTAINED, SO HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE ACFT AT THE END OF THE ARPT. THE ACFT OVERFLEW THE END OF THE PAVEMENT, TOUCHED DOWN IN AN ADJACENT SOFT, DIRT FIELD AND NOSED OVER. THE REASON THE ENGINE ONLY PRODUCED 700 RPM WAS NOT DETERMINED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 1986 | Luscombe 8A | Half Moon Bay, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Apr 1986 | Luscombe 8B | Pittsford, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 May 1986 | Luscombe 8E | Juneau, Alaska, United States | Ellen Searby | No injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 1986 | Luscombe 8F | Marble Canyon, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 16 Aug 1986 | Luscombe 8E | Fallbrook, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1986 | Luscombe 8A | Rosalia, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 1986 | Cessna 150 | Hesperia, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 1986 | Schleicher ASW-19 | Warner Springs, California, United States | Mark A. Miller | No injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 1986 | Learjet 24 | Lake Tahoe, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 1986 | Piper PA-18-150 | Ukiah, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Nov 1986 | Beechcraft K35 | San Diego, California, United States | Dean Holt | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Feb 1986 | Beechcraft J35 | Long Beach, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |