# Accident 20020517014419A: Luscom 8E, Olar, SC, May 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2002, 16:31 local time
- Place: Olar, SC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2197° N, 81.2161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2197&lon=-81.2161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71344, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71344-2002-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020517014419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2002, AT 1631 EDT, A LUSCOMBE LL-8-E, N71344, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, AND OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL IN OLAR, SC. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE FARM STRIP IN OLAR, SC, AT 1600. WITNESSES WHO OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS DESCENDING IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THEY SAID THAT THEY BELIEVED THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING BUT WAS VERY FAST. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE FIELD NOSE DOWN, BOUNCED AND CAME TO REST PARTIALLY INVERTED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FOUND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE PLOWED FIELD IN A 30-DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, BOUNCED 90 FEET AND CAME TO REST PARTIALLY INVERTED, WITH THE COCKPIT TUCKED UNDER THE MAIN FUSELAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FOUND THE ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLE ATTACHMENT FITTING SEPARATED FROM THE ELEVATOR PUSH/PULL CONTROL ROD. THE ATTACHMENT BOLT AND NUT WERE NOT LOCATED.

## 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 ATL02FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA101), May 17, 2002: Luscombe LL-8-E (N71344), Olar, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the elevator push-pull control tube that resulted in a loss of flight control and subsequent collision with the ground.

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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