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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8E · Salome, AZ · February 1, 2006

Date: February 1, 2006 · 11:43 local
Place: Salome, AZ
Airport: Indian Hills Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1976K
Reported as: Luscom 8E
Reported engine: Continental C85*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N1976KRegistered now · Luscombe 8ES/N 4703 · Built 1947 Airframe modelLuscombe 8E Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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) After making a full stall landing with his Luscombe, the pilot privacy data omitted detected the tail wheel began to shimmy violently. The pilot privacy data omitted brought the tail back up to stop the shimmy. During this maneuver, the pilot privacy data omitted felt the nose starting to veer to the left. The pilot privacy data omitted suspected that when he pushed on the right rudder to correct the nose veering to the left, he might have caught the heel brake which grabbed and has a reputation for grabbing according to him, caused the aircraft to tug to the right and induced minor damage to both the right wing tip and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER MAKING A FULL STALL LANDING WITH HIS LUSCOMBE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ DETECTED THE TAIL WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY VIOLENTLY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ BROUGHT THE TAIL BACK UP TO STOP THE SHIMMY. DURING THIS MANEUVER, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ FELT THE NOSE STARTING TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ SUSPECTED THAT WHEN HE PUSHED ON THE RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT THE NOSE VEERING TO THE LEFT, HE MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT THE HEEL BRAKE WHICH GRABBED AND HAS A REPUTATION FOR GRABBING ACCORDING TO HIM, CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TUG TO THE RIGHT AND INDUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH THE RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER.