# Accident 20121103024049A: Luscombe 8E, Horicon, WI, November 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2012, 12:40 local time
- Place: Horicon, WI
- Airport: Lachendrol Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4169° N, 89.8042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4169&lon=-89.8042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2368K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2368K) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 10 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121103024049A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 3, 2012, AT 1240 CDST A LUSCOME 8E, N2368K, GROUND LOOPED AFTER AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE STRIP NEAR HORICAN, WI.  THE COMMERICAL RATED PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED PART 91 FOR PLEASURE UNDER VFR CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLANS WAS FILED.

## 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 CEN13CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA042), Nov 3, 2012: Luscombe 8E (N2368K), West Bend, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot‘s failure to maintain clearance from power lines at the end of the short runway, which resulted in an aborted takeoff and subsequent nose-over of the airplane.

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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