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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscombe 8E · Wiscasset, ME · March 8, 2014

Date
March 8, 2014 · 09:40 local
Place
Wiscasset, ME
Airport
Wiscasset Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1959K
Reported as
Luscombe 8E
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
344 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot entered downwind for 07 (winds were calm to variable at 4 knots).pilot did a regular traffic pattern and landed on 07 and started roll out. The plane veered to the west side of the runway and pilot tried to correct by putting in right rudder. Pilot stated didn't know what happened next. Pilot remembered seeing the pavement and the plane was flipped onto its nose.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR 07 (WINDS WERE CALM TO VARIABLE AT 4 KNOTS).PILOT DID A REGULAR TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED ON 07 AND STARTED ROLL OUT. THE PLANE VEERED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT BY PUTTING IN RIGHT RUDDER. PILOT STATED DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. PILOT REMEMBERED SEEING THE PAVEMENT AND THE PLANE WAS FLIPPED ONTO ITS NOSE.