LAX86LA096

1986-01-24 · HALF MOON BAY, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HAF

Aircraft involved

N1507B Luscombe 8F Minor

Factual narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH HE WAS 'A LITTLE HIGH & HOT' FOR THE 5000-FT-LONG RWY. HE SAID THAT AT MIDFIELD HE WAS 100 FT. AGL & HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. UPON APPLYING POWER ONLY 700 RPM WAS OBTAINED, SO HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE ACFT AT THE END OF THE ARPT. THE ACFT OVERFLEW THE END OF THE PAVEMENT, TOUCHED DOWN IN AN ADJACENT SOFT, DIRT FIELD AND NOSED OVER. THE REASON THE ENGINE ONLY PRODUCED 700 RPM WAS NOT DETERMINED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_LAX86LA096.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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