# Accident 20130102001349A: Luscombe 8F, Elkhart, IN, January 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2013, 11:25 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Mishawaka Pilots Club
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6569° N, 86.0347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6569&lon=-86.0347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707HL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707HL-2013-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8F (registry code 8190114, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130102001349A

## Narrative

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

THE OWNER/PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N707HL ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPANYING PASSENGER WAS DOING ROUTINE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE MISHAWAKA PILOT?S CLUB USING THE HARD SURFACED RUNWAY 210. ON THE LANDING, WHICH THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL ON THE APPROACH. APPROXIMATE WEATHER AT THAT TIME, WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 6 OR 7 MPH AND OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 230. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, AS THE AIRSPEED BLED OFF THE PILOT SAID THAT HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE RUDDER DUE TO THE LOW AIRSPEED. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME UP OFF OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PIVOT ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. EXTENUATING THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WAS THE PREVIOUS ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND THE SNOW BEING PILED UP ALONG THE RUNWAY FROM THE SNOW PLOW. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED RAPIDLY, THE MAIN GEAR DUG IN TO THE SNOW CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF OF THE RUNWAY AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT DOORS. BOTH WERE REPORTED UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN13LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA127), Jan 2, 2013: Luscombe 8 (N707HL), Elkhart, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a bounced 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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