ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284488
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| Date: | Friday 3 August 2007 |
| Time: | 08:00 LT |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N45486 |
| MSN: | 2013 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1549 hours |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental C-85-12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Polson, Montana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Livingston-Mission Field, MT (LVM/KLVM) |
| Polson, MT (K8S1) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: a flight control jam for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07LA240
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 September 1982 | N45486 | private | 0 | Ramona, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2022 17:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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