# Accident 19950325005759A: Luscom 8A, Zanesville, OH, March 25, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1995, 12:00 local time
- Place: Zanesville, OH
- Airport: Parr Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9505° N, 82.0094° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9505&lon=-82.0094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45631, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45631) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8 (registry code 8190102, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 40 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO95LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950325005759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WIND GOT UNDER UP ELEVATORS DURING TURN OFF RUNWAY. 8A NOSED OVER. PROPER WINDY TAXI PROCEDURES NOT USED. (-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RNWY 28 AT 42I, PILOT STATED HE LET THE AIRCRAFT ROLL-OUT ON RNWY 28 WITHOUT USING THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT A WALING PACE WHEN HE WAS READY TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY AT WHICH TIME HE MADE A RIGHT RUDDER INPUT, THE CONTROL STICK WAS PULLED BACK AND SOME RT BRAKE WAS APPLIED. BEFORE THE ACFT COULD MAKE THE RT TURN A WIND GUST OCCURRED FLIPPING THE ACFT OVER FROM TAIL TO NOSE DIRECTION. THE WINDS WERE FROM 330 AT 10 AND THE PILOT SAID AT THE TIME OF LANDING THE WINDS WERE GUSTING TO ABOUT 15. THE ACFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, ENGINE MOUNT, FUSELAGE NO. 2 BULKHEAD UPRIGHTS, VERTICAL STOP, RUDDER, LFT WINGTIP BOW AND LFT WING OUTBD LEADING EDGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO95LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA037), Mar 25, 1995: Luscombe 8A (N45631), Zanesville, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while taxiing after landing. Related factors were the unfavorable (gusty) wind condition, and the pilot's improper compensation for wind…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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