# Accident 20120530011159A: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8F, Tok Junction, AK, May 30, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Tok Junction, AK
- Airport: Tok Junction
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3244° N, 142.9522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3244&lon=-142.9522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9906C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9906C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8F (registry code 8190130, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SILVAIRE LUSCOMBE 8F
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL C-90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 1 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120530011159A

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND STATED HE APPLIED THE BRAKES INADVERTENTLY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY NOSED OVER.  ALSO BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE FLIGHT CONTROL AND THROTTLE AS FAR AS THEY WOULD GO WITH NO PREVENTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSING OVER.

## 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 ANC12CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA044), May 30, 2012: Silvaire Luscombe 8F (N9906C), Tok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent and excessive application of brake pressure during landing, 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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