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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscombe 8E · Greenville, SC · March 9, 2014

Date
March 9, 2014 · 15:05 local
Place
Greenville, SC
Airport
Donaldson Cenetr
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2522K
Reported as
Luscombe 8E
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
20,172 total

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.

During landing rollout the aircraft started veering to the left and off the runway, the pilot in command applied the right brake and right rudder pedal to correct the aircraft direction. The aircraft continued and could not be corrected, and left the runway to the left. This caused damage to the right main gear, right door lower hinge and right wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VEERING TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT IN COMMAND APPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE AND RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT DIRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AND COULD NOT BE CORRECTED, AND LEFT THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, RIGHT DOOR LOWER HINGE AND RIGHT WING TIP.