# Accident 20100703038949A: Luscombe 8E, Tillamook, OR, July 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2010, 19:15 local time
- Place: Tillamook, OR
- Airport: Tillamook
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4175° N, 123.8142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4175&lon=-123.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2466K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2466K-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA334) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100703038949A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 3, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 PM, N2466K, A LUSCOMBE 8E MADE A LOW APPROACH TO A GRASS STRIP AT THE TILLAMOOK AIRPORT (TMK).  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER CAUGHT THE 3 - 4 FOOT TALL GRASS APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET BEFORE THE THRESHOLD FLIPPING OVER THE AIRCRAFT.  THE EMPENNAGE BECAME 75% -85% DISCONNECTED FROM THE FUSELAGE AS A RESULT OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER HITTING THE GROUND. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE WINDS WERE 14 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 AND THE TEMPUTURE WAS 62 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITH 72% HUMIDITY.

## 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 WPR10CA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA334), Jul 4, 2010: Luscombe 8E (N2466K), Tillamook, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor’s selection of an inappropriate landing surface and the loss of engine power as a result of the improper use carburetor heat. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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