Plane Crash List

Luscombe 8A N71836

13 February 1996 · Puyallup, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 February 1996 at about 17:30 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N71836 was involved in an accident near Puyallup, Washington, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Puyallup, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Pierce County-Thun Field (1S0)
Coordinates
47.1893, -122.3299
Aircraft
Luscombe 8A
Registration
N71836
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Elbe → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA96LA057

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the owner's failure to comply with requirements for annual inspections of the airplane, and the debonding of the right brake lining and subsequent jamming of the lining into the right main wheel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot stated that while preparing to exit the runway after landing, the right wheel locked during normal brake application and the airplane subsequently nosed over when he applied left brake in an attempt to keep from ground looping. He reported that the airplane had not received an annual inspection in over 2 years. Postaccident inspection indicated that the right brake lining had debonded and wedged into the right main wheel, jamming it and preventing it from rotating. The pilot's student certificate was not signed, and his logbook contained no instructor endorsements for solo privileges.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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