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FAA accident report · Luscom 8F · Ocala, FL · April 5, 2007

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Date
April 5, 2007 · 18:30 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Airport
Ocala Municipal-Jim Taylor Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N882JB
Reported as
Luscom 8F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total1,500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N882JBRegistered now · Luscombe 8FS/N 6011 · Built 1948Airframe modelLuscombe 8FEngine modelContinental C90 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 landed on runway 18 at Ocala international airport at 6:30 pm local time. Aircraft landed on main wheels first then tail wheel shortly after, when aircraft veered to the right then leaned suddenly to left. Aircraft continued to lean left until left wing contacted runway surface. Pilot and passenger exited aircraft without injury. Substantial damage to aircraft occurred due to failure of left main wheel and failure of left main landing gear strut. Aircraft was removed from runway environment and brought to hangar on airfield prior to NTSB, or FAA arrival on scene. Post accident investigation revealed that left main wheel fractured from axle bolt and left main gear folded under airframe. Fuselage suffered buckling damage, left wingtip was damaged, and fuel was leaking from left fuel tank.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT OCALA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 6:30 PM LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON MAIN WHEELS FIRST THEN TAIL WHEEL SHORTLY AFTER, WHEN AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT THEN LEANED SUDDENLY TO LEFT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LEAN LEFT UNTIL LEFT WING CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE. PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OCCURRED DUE TO FAILURE OF LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND FAILURE OF LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT AND BROUGHT TO HANGAR ON AIRFIELD PRIOR TO NTSB, OR FAA ARRIVAL ON SCENE. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT LEFT MAIN WHEEL FRACTURED FROM AXLE BOLT AND LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLDED UNDER AIRFRAME. FUSELAGE SUFFERED BUCKLING DAMAGE, LEFT WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED, AND FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM LEFT FUEL TANK.