# Accident 20110620013999A: Luscombe 8F, Mccall, ID, June 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Mccall, ID
- Airport: Mccall
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8886° N, 116.1019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8886&lon=-116.1019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1459B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1459B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8F (registry code 8190114, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110620013999A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING AT MCCALL IN A FLIGHT OF THREE. HIS LUSCOMBE LANDED LONG, FLOATED, AND BOUNCED.  HE ATTEMPTED TO A GO-AROUND, BUT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 WPR11CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA271), Jun 21, 2011: Luscombe 8F (N1459B), McCall, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed that resulted in a stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate spacing from the aircraft ahead of him.

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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