# Accident 19990119011489A: Luscom 8A, Chicago/Schaumb, IL, January 19, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chicago/Schaumb, IL
- Airport: Schaumburg Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0301° N, 88.0802° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0301&lon=-88.0802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2197B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2197B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,323 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990119011489A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 19, 1999, AT 1409 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A LUSCOMBE 8A, N2197B, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT NOSED OVER UPON CONTACTING A SNOWBANK FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 29 (3,800'X100') AT THE SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT AT ABOUT 1330 CST. (-23)AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT IN ORDER TO EXIT THE RUNWAY.  AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS OF GROUND SPEED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN INTO THE WIND COMING FROM THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS.  HE DID NOT CORRECT FOR TURNING MOTION PRIOR TO THE LEFT WHEEL CONTACTING SNOW BUILT UP ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND WHEN RIGHT WHEEL CONTACTED THE SNOW AS WELL.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO IT'S BACK.                                                                                                                  (.4) THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT DURING THE LANDING ROLL. HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY RIGHT BRAKE AND RUDDER, BUT HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A LEFT TURN. THE PILOT STATED HE REAPPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE AND THE AIRPLANE RESPONDED, BUT NOT IN ENOUGH TIME TO AVOID THE SNOWBANK. THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 CHI99LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA070), Jan 19, 1999: Luscombe 8A (N2197B), Schaumburg, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the snowbank which the airplane contacted.

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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