20010116004329A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8E · North Platte, NE · January 16, 2001

Date: January 16, 2001 · 23:35 local
Place: North Platte, NE
Airport: Lee Bird Field
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N2953K
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI01LA065
Reported as: Luscom 8E

N2953KRegistered now · Luscombe 8ES/N 5680 · Built 1947 Airframe modelLuscombe 8E Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft N2953K landed on runway 12 with a wind from 360 @6KTS. While on landing roll-out the aircraft encountered ice and a right quartering tail wind and began to weather vane. The a/c then hit some dry pavement and ground-looped into the snow on the left edge of the runway causing the plane to flip over the nose onto its back.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT N2953K LANDED ON RUNWAY 12 WITH A WIND FROM 360 @6KTS. WHILE ON LANDING ROLL-OUT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ICE AND A RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND AND BEGAN TO WEATHER VANE. THE A/C THEN HIT SOME DRY PAVEMENT AND GROUND-LOOPED INTO THE SNOW ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PLANE TO FLIP OVER THE NOSE ONTO ITS BACK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI01LA065Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth Platte, NEThe inadvertent ground loop. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot selected the wrong runway on which to land, the quartering tailwind, the icy runway, and the snow bank which the airplane contacted.Jan 16, 2001 · Substantial damage