Luscombe 8A N1130B

Summary

On 1 February 1987 at about 18:43 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N1130B, operated by Dawn M. Holbrook, was involved in an accident near Riverside, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 February 1987 at 18:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Riverside, California, United States

Nearest airport

Flabob (RIR)

Coordinates

33.9893, -117.4404

Aircraft

Luscombe 8A

Registration

N1130B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dawn M. Holbrook

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Riverside → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA107

Nobody was injured.

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

A LUSCOMBE 8A GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING ROLL. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL AFTER HIS THIRD LANDING HE HEARD A 'POP' SOUND. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE LEFT WING. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO IS ALSO AN AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE LEFT RUDDER CABLE WAS BROKEN. THE CABLE WAS EXAMINED IN A METALLURGICAL LABORATORY. THE EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT 42 OF THE 49 WIRES IN THE CABLE HAD FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS AT THE WIRE BREAKS AND THE REMAINING 7 WERE ENTIRELY OVERSTRESS FRACTURES. THE WIRE BREAKS HAD OCCURRED WITHIN 0.5 INCHES OF EACH OTHER NEAR A PULLEY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.