# Accident 20120407004699A: Luscombe 8E, Westport, WA, April 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2012, 14:00 local time
- Place: Westport, WA
- Airport: Westport Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8969° N, 124.1006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8969&lon=-124.1006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1183K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1183K) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total, 230 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120407004699A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 7, 2012 AT 1400 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A LUSCOMBE 8E, N1183K, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 FLIGHT, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 AT THE WESTPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (14S). THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  DAY,  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE LUSCOMBE 8E ORIGINATED FROM THE PIERCE COUNTY AIRPORT, THUN FIELD (PLU), PUYALLUP, WA AT ABOUT 1300 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, ON APRIL 07, 2012.  THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS DESCRIBED AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS MAKING WITH HIS SON, THE ONLY OTHER OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR-IN-CHARGE, THE PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED THAT HE HAD MADE THREE APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 12,  THE FIRST TWO APPROACHES RESULTED IN A GO AROUND DUE TO BEING "TOO HIGH".  ON THE THIRD AND FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE AND BOUNCED SLIGHTLY.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, AND CAME TO A REST INVERTED AT MIDFIELD, APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY 12 PAVEMENT EDGE.  WHILE COMMUNICATING WITH THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTER REGARDING THIS ACCIDENT, THE WESTPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT SUMMONED THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO THE TELEPHONE, HE WAS INTERVIEWED AT THIS TIME BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE INTERVIEW, INVESTIGATOR POLLACK RELEASED THE AIRPLANE TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RIGHTED AND SECURED IN A TIE DOWN AT THE WESTPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.   AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THE SEATTLE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE DID INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR12CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA159), Apr 7, 2012: Luscombe 8E (N1183K), Westport, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate crosswind compensation, which resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing roll.

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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