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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscombe 8A · Ellinwood, KS · July 31, 2013

Date
July 31, 2013 · 13:45 local
Place
Ellinwood, KS
Airport
Ellinwood Muncipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N45957
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13CA453
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total134 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot with one passenger planned a local flight using runway 35 at about 1350 local. The weather was clear with light winds variable out of the east.

The pilot aborted the takeoff on runway 35 and lost directional control overturning in a field adjacent to runway. During the takeoff roll the aircraft drifted left of the gravel runway surface onto an adjacent turf runway surface. The pilot after drifting west of the gravel runway overcorrected and the aircraft traveled in an arc, across the gravel runway, in a northeast direction, through a ditch and overturned in a milo field. The aircraft came to a stop 10 feet east of the runway and about 75 feet short of the departure end.

The aircraft received substantial damage to the fuselage. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER PLANNED A LOCAL FLIGHT USING RUNWAY 35 AT ABOUT 1350 LOCAL. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS VARIABLE OUT OF THE EAST.

THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 35 AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OVERTURNING IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT OF THE GRAVEL RUNWAY SURFACE ONTO AN ADJACENT TURF RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT AFTER DRIFTING WEST OF THE GRAVEL RUNWAY OVERCORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED IN AN ARC, ACROSS THE GRAVEL RUNWAY, IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION, THROUGH A DITCH AND OVERTURNED IN A MILO FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP 10 FEET EAST OF THE RUNWAY AND ABOUT 75 FEET SHORT OF THE DEPARTURE END.

THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.