20080603839379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Indiantown, FL · June 3, 2008

Date
June 3, 2008 · 12:42 local
Place
Indiantown, FL
Airport
Indiantown
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N37012
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC08CA205
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Reported engine
Continental A658F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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) Aircraft set for departure from Indiantown Airport (X58). Pilot privacy data omitted was PIC at the time of the accident. Aircraft had normal rollout, after rotation approximately 10 feet above ground level (AGL) aircraft yawed to the left. CFI bent attempted rudder correction, PIC privacy data omitted feeling aircraft yawed also attempted correction. Rudder cable snapped creating hard over to the right putting the aircraft perpindicular to the center line. Left hand wing tip dipped making contact with ground, nose over followed, aircraft nose hit the ground. Left main gear separated from fuselage, left hand wing curled last four (4) feet. The wing root buckled. The propeller curled on both blades. The top portion of the glass on the pilots door broke. The aircraft structure was now twisted. No injuries were sustained to either the pilot or the CFI.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT SET FOR DEPARTURE FROM INDIANTOWN AIRPORT (X58). PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PIC AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT HAD NORMAL ROLLOUT, AFTER ROTATION APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT. CFI BENT ATTEMPTED RUDDER CORRECTION, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FEELING AIRCRAFT YAWED ALSO ATTEMPTED CORRECTION. RUDDER CABLE SNAPPED CREATING HARD OVER TO THE RIGHT PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT PERPINDICULAR TO THE CENTER LINE. LEFT HAND WING TIP DIPPED MAKING CONTACT WITH GROUND, NOSE OVER FOLLOWED, AIRCRAFT NOSE HIT THE GROUND. LEFT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE, LEFT HAND WING CURLED LAST FOUR (4) FEET. THE WING ROOT BUCKLED. THE PROPELLER CURLED ON BOTH BLADES. THE TOP PORTION OF THE GLASS ON THE PILOTS DOOR BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE WAS NOW TWISTED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED TO EITHER THE PILOT OR THE CFI.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.