20050807017149A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Otis Orchards, WA · August 7, 2005

Date
August 7, 2005 · 12:15 local
Place
Otis Orchards, WA
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2094K
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA05CA166
Reported as
Luscom 8A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total500 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Subsequent to an otherwise normal approach, the airman conducted a normal landing, and upon initial touchdown, began application of the brakes. The aircraft skipped briefly from a small rise in the runway, and upon subsequent touchdown, the brakes having already been applied, locked the wheels such that the aircraft came to a hard stop, nosing over before the airman could avert it. The aircraft came to rest inverted, sustaining substantial damage. There was no post accident fire, and the pilot and passenger exited the aircraft without injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SUBSEQUENT TO AN OTHERWISE NORMAL APPROACH, THE AIRMAN CONDUCTED A NORMAL LANDING, AND UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, BEGAN APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT SKIPPED BRIEFLY FROM A SMALL RISE IN THE RUNWAY, AND UPON SUBSEQUENT TOUCHDOWN, THE BRAKES HAVING ALREADY BEEN APPLIED, LOCKED THE WHEELS SUCH THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HARD STOP, NOSING OVER BEFORE THE AIRMAN COULD AVERT IT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

NTSB investigation

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