# Accident 20120623013219A: Luscombe 8A, Mexico, MO, June 23, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mexico, MO
- Airport: Riley'S Roost
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2078° N, 91.9353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2078&lon=-91.9353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1380K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1380K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA391) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120623013219A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/23/2012, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND A PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WERE FLYING IN A 1946 LUSCOMBE 8A.  THEY WERE IN THE FLARE TO LAND AT RILEY'S ROOST, LOCATED AT 8626 HWY NN, MEXICO, MO. TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND DECELERATING FOR TOUCHDOWN.  WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OR FOREWARNING, THE LEFT WING DIPPED DOWN TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND THEN BOUNCED AIRBORNE FOR ANOTHER 100 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED TO A PARKING AREA AND TIED DOWN AND INSPECTED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN CALLED THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT AT 1120.  THE STL FSDO WAS CONTACTED BY THE ROC AT 1130.  THE STL FSDO WAS ABLE TO TALK TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON THE PHONE AND GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT AND THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE STL FSDO CONTACTED THE AUDRAIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THEM TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.  DEPUTY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DISPATCHED TO RILEY'S ROOST AND PROVIDED THE STL WITH 5 PICTURES OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT COMFIRMING THE DAMAGE.  THE STL FSDO CHAIN OF COMMAND WAS THEN NOTIFIED BY THE INSPECTOR ON TELEPHONE AVAILABILITY DUTY OF 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 CEN12CA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA391), Jun 23, 2012: Luscombe 8A (N1380K), Mexico, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with a downdraft during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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