# Accident 20120722016649A: Luscombe 8A, Leander, TX, July 22, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: Leander, TX
- Airport: Kittie Hill Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5994° N, 97.8236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5994&lon=-97.8236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71743-2018-02-23) (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 C-85
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 756 total, 82 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA477) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120722016649A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/22/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 2045Z, THE PILOT OF N71743 WITH ONE PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 17 AT KITTIE HILL AIRPORT FOR A 91 VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT.  UPON TAKE OFF THE PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT TO CLIMB AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE NOSE DOWN TO BUILD UP SPEED.  THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK TREES.  THE FLIGHT TERMINATED IN LARGE TREES APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET TO THE RIGHT AND ABEAM RUNWAY 17. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTAILLY DAMAGED.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN12LA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA477), Jul 22, 2012: Luscombe 8A (N71743), Leander, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to carburetor ice accumulation, which resulted in the airplane’s reduced climb performance and subsequent impact with trees off the end of the runway.

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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