# Accident 20010116004329A: Luscom 8E, North Platte, NE, January 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2001, 23:35 local time
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1302° N, 100.7708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1302&lon=-100.7708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2953K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2953K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010116004329A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI01LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA065), Jan 16, 2001: Luscombe 8E (N2953K), North Platte, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

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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