# Accident 20000611028959A: Luscom 8E, Santa Fe, NM, June 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2000, 15:26 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25222, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25222-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 116 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611028959A

## Narrative

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

(.4)AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, DURING INITIAL CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE HIGH GUSTING WINDS.                   (-23)ON JUNE 11, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 MDT, N25222, A LUSCOMBE AIRCRAFT. DEPARTED RUNWAY 20 AT SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, A PRIVATE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                       STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED.  ^PRIVACY DA^ INITIATED A RECOVERY, BUT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 20 AT SANTA FE.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND NOR HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED ANY INJURIES.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN OR WEATHER BRIEFING WAS RECEIVED TO FILED BY THE PILOT.

## 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 DEN00LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA107), Jun 11, 2000: Luscombe 8E (N25222), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. A factor was gusty wind conditions.

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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