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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8E · Lapeer, MI · March 26, 2008

Date: March 26, 2008 · 15:10 local
Place: Lapeer, MI
Airport: Dupont-Lapeer
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N326Y
Reported as: Luscom 8E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 523 total523 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N326YRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8ES/N 3283 · Built 1946 Airframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 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) Pilot was on takeoff roll from runway 18. He indicated that a gust of wind weathervaned his aircraft, causing it to depart the runway surface. Upon application of the brakes, the aircraft went up on its nose, striking the left wingtip and prop on the ground. (-23 amendment) pilot was initiating takeoff roll. He indicated that a gust of wind from the right forward quarter weathervaned his aircraft, causing it to depart the runway surface. Upon application of the brakes, the aircraft went up on its nose, striking the propeller on the ground and subsequently rolling the aircraft onto the left wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 18. HE INDICATED THAT A GUST OF WIND WEATHERVANED HIS AIRCRAFT, CAUSING IT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY SURFACE. UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON ITS NOSE, STRIKING THE LEFT WINGTIP AND PROP ON THE GROUND. (-23 AMENDMENT) PILOT WAS INITIATING TAKEOFF ROLL. HE INDICATED THAT A GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT FORWARD QUARTER WEATHERVANED HIS AIRCRAFT, CAUSING IT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY SURFACE. UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON ITS NOSE, STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE GROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE LEFT WING TIP.

Other reports on N326Y · 1

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

Incident 19981214043319IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Lapeer, MI(-5)While landing on runway 18 at Dupont/Lapeer (D95) in a slight crosswind, the pilot stated that he got behind the airplane, ran off the runway into some soft/plowed soil. At a slow speed the aircraft nosed over onto its back. Damage to the aircraft was not…Dec 14, 1998 · Minor damage