# Accident 20070405006289A: Luscom 8F, Ocala, FL, April 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2007, 18:30 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala Municipal-Jim Taylor Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N882JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N882JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8F (registry code 8190114, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070405006289A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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