# Accident 20110319003529A: Luscombe 8E, East Taunton, MA, March 19, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2011, 09:45 local time
- Place: East Taunton, MA
- Airport: Taunton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8711° N, 71.0097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8711&lon=-71.0097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2790K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2790K) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 381 total, 100 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110319003529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD LANDED RUNWAY 30 AND HAD ROLLED OUT WITH ALL THREE GEARS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 200-300 FEET WHEN A WIND GUST FROM THE NORTH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT, THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY AS THE WIND THEN GUSTED FROM THE EAST, CAUSING THE THE AIRCRAFT TO INVERT ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA11CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA199), Mar 19, 2011: Luscombe 8E (N2790K), Taunton, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent application of the brakes during recovery from a ground loop which resulted in a nose over.

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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