Luscombe 8E N45486

Summary

On 3 August 2007 at about 15:00 local time, a Luscombe 8E registered N45486, operated by Gerald Meyer, was involved in an accident near Polson, Montana, 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.

Date

3 August 2007 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Polson, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Polson Airport (K8S1)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Luscombe 8E

Registration

N45486

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gerald Meyer

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Livingston → Polson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX07LA240

Nobody was injured.

a flight control jam for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was turning left base to final when the controls jammed. He applied rudder and added power in an attempt to compensate, but roll control was not regained. He reduced power and examined the cockpit area to see if anything was binding the controls. He did not identify anything in the cockpit that could have caused the binding. The airplane continued left thru two full turns (720 degrees) before the main landing gear contacted the ground, at which point the airplane cartwheeled and came to rest inverted. He egressed the airplane uninjured. The pilot stated to an FAA inspector that when he knew it was safe to approach the airplane, he checked the controls to see if they were still jammed and determined that they were no longer binding or jammed. They functioned normally. The on-scene FAA inspector examined the airplane's control system and could not identify any evidence of binding or jammed controls.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.