# Accident 20070615010329A: Luscom 8A, Columbia, IL, June 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Columbia, IL
- Airport: Sackman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4519° N, 90.2408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4519&lon=-90.2408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2850K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2850K-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 22 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070615010329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 03 AT SACKMAN AIRPORT (H49). ON THE SIXTH LANDING HE WAS MAKING A FULL STOP. HE STATED THAT HE FIGURES THAT HE PROBABLY USED TOO MUCH RUDDER INPUT CAUSING THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN ENOUGH THAT THE TAIL WHEEL BECAME FREE CASTERING AND THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A GROUND LOOP TOWARD THE RIGHT. THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THERE IS A DRAINAGE SWALE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHICH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ENTERED IN A SIDEWAY MOMENTUM. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS SNAGGED BY THE UPSLOPE SIDE OF THE SWALE AND BROKE, COLLAPSING. THE COLLAPSED LEFT GEAR RESULTED IN THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD AREA CONTACTING THE GROUND. DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, LEFT WING OUTBOARD AREA, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE COWLING.

## 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 CHI07CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA171), Jun 15, 2007: Luscombe 8A (N2850K), Columbia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, causing a ground loop, subsequent runway excursion, and left main gear collapse. Factors in the accident include the ground loop…

## Other reports on N2850K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160611009329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160611009329A), Jun 11, 2016: Luscombe 8A (N2850K), Valparaiso, IN, Minor damage. The pilot landed the aircraft hard on runway 36 at porter county regional airport in Valparaiso, Indiana. The tail wheel leaf spring broke from the impact of…

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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