# Accident 20100118027359A: Luscombe 8A, Springfield, TN, January 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2010, 15:09 local time
- Place: Springfield, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5356° N, 86.9192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5356&lon=-86.9192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2111K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2111K-2013-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 34 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100118027359A

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES ON RUNWAY 22. AFTER THE THIRD BOUNCE, WITNESSES SAY THAT THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED TO THE LEFT ABOUT 45 DEGREES FROM ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS.  WITNESSES STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS IN A HIGH ATTITUDE AND THE AIRSPEED WAS SLOW. SECURITY VIDEO SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING AN AIRCRAFT HANGAR IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE IN ALMOST A 90 DEGREE BANK ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM RUNWAY 22. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE TOP I-BEAM OF AN AIRCRAFT HANGAR.

## 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 ERA10CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA117), Jan 18, 2010: Luscombe 8 (N2111K), Springfield, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around after a bounced landing.

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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