Luscombe 8A N2507K
17 August 1987 · Juneau, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 August 1987 at about 23:30 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N2507K was involved in an accident near Juneau, Alaska, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 23:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Juneau, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Juneau Int'l (JNU)
- Coordinates
- 58.5790, -134.7693
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8A
- Registration
- N2507K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Sitka
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA87LA167
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
DUE TO A LOW BATTERY CHARGE, THE PLT ELECTED TO HAND PROP THE ACFT TO START THE ENG. HE RPRTD THE ENG BECAME FLOODED, SO HE SHUT OFF THE MAGS & OPENED THE THROTTLE, TO CLEAR THE ENG WHILE HAND TURNING THE PROP. HE THEN TURNED ON THE MASTER SW & MAGS, BUT FAILED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHILE HAND PROPPING WITH NO ONE AT THE CTLS, THE ENG STARTED & THE ACFT JUMPED THE CHOCKS & STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED PLANE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 1987 | Luscombe 8E | Cartersville, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jun 1987 | Luscombe 8E | Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1987 | Luscombe 8A | Riverside, California, United States | Dawn M. Holbrook | No injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 1987 | Luscombe 8A | Burbank, Washington, United States | Lyle L. Boylan | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Luscombe 8-A | Chillicothe, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 1987 | Luscombe 8A | Selma, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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