Luscombe 8A N2098B

Summary

On 1 August 1987 at about 07:15 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N2098B was involved in an accident near Oakdale, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 1987 at 07:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Oakdale, California, United States

Coordinates

37.8004, -120.7393

Aircraft

Luscombe 8A

Registration

N2098B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Hayward

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX87FA286

2 people 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 PLT & HIS PLT-RATED WIFE (FLYING IN THEIR LUSCOMBE) & ANOTHER COUPLE (IN A RENTED MOONEY) HAD DINNER & DRANK WINE. BY ABOUT 0015 THE COUPLES HAD TAKEN OFF IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ACFT FOR A RETURN FLT HOME AND THEY HAD EACH OTHER IN SIGHT. THE COUPLE IN THE MOONEY STATED THAT WHILE CRUISING AT 6,500 FEET MSL (& ON A FEDERAL AIRWAY) THE PLT IN THE LUSCOMBE TRANSMITTED 'I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING. I'M GOING TO DO A VERTICAL 360. WATCH THIS.' THE MOONEY PLT OBSERVED THE LUSCOMBE DESCEND SLIGHTLY & THEN COMMENCE A CLIMB. THEREAFTER, CONTACT WAS LOST. THE LUSCOMBE WRECKAGE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND IN NUMEROUS PIECES DISTRIBUTED OVER 3/4-MI. EXAM OF THE ACFT STRUCTURE INCLUDING WING SPARS REVEALED SEVERE CORROSION. NO EVIDENCE OF THE ACFT HAVING A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS FOUND. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS REVEALED ETHANOL LEVELS OF .02 PERCENT AND .08 PERCENT FOR THE PLT AND HIS WIFE RESPECTIVELY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.