Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
N/A Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730
Friday, July 18, 2014 18:16 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 18, 2014, about 1816 Pacific daylight time, a Luscombe 8A, N77942, collided with the ground during a forced landing on an open field in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The private pilot was seriously injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The airplane was registered to the pilot and operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The local flight originated from Cable Airport (CCB), Upland, California at 1800.
Witnesses in the area stated they observed the airplane in cruise flight heading eastward when the engine lost power. The pilot was attempting to land the airplane when it impacted terrain short of an open field.
According to the pilot, shortly after departing from CCB on a standard departure procedure to the east, the engine lost power. He attempted to restart the engine but was unsuccessful. A forced landing was executed by turning the airplane to the southwest and then shortly after to the north to avoid power lines in the area. The pilot positioned the propeller assembly in the horizontal position prior to touchdown to prevent a propeller strike during the landing.
Initial examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that the aft fuselage was buckled and the forward fuselage and firewall were crushed. The left wing was separated at the wing root area and repositioned over the right wing by first responders. Fuel drained from the wings and the battery was removed from the airplane. The emergency locator transmitter (ELT) was activated and turned to the "OFF" position during the initial examination.
The airplane was relocated to a secured facility for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/18/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1816 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Rancho Cucamonga |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 91730 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 340950N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1173435W |
| Event Location Airport | N/A |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 53 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 190 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KONT |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 905 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 7 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 22000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 16000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 14 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 250 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.93 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KONT 190053Z 25012KT 10SM SCT160 BKN220 27/1 |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ROC-Los Angeles |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 19 2014 2:45AM |
| User who most recently changed record | swia |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N77942 |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA300 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | -- |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | LUSCOMBE |
| Aircraft Model | 8A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 3669 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1351 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Gadis, Ethan |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Glendora |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Gadis, Ethan |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Glendora |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | CCB |
| Departure City | UPLAND |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1810 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | CCB |
| Destination City | UPLAND |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 31 2014 7:53PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | -- |
| Medical Flight | -- |