20110910023289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscombe 8A · Huntington, IN · September 10, 2011

Date
September 10, 2011 · 12:00 local
Place
Huntington, IN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71212
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11CA661
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Right main landing gear leg at axle broke after touch down. Appears that the inside of leg at axle rusted and weakened the weld between axle and landing gear leg.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG AT AXLE BROKE AFTER TOUCH DOWN. APPEARS THAT THE INSIDE OF LEG AT AXLE RUSTED AND WEAKENED THE WELD BETWEEN AXLE AND LANDING GEAR LEG.

NTSB investigation

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