20150528008829A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscombe 8A · Churchville, MD · May 28, 2015

Date
May 28, 2015 · 13:00 local
Place
Churchville, MD
Airport
Harford County
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2009B
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total200 in this make and model100 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 stated that on approach to runway 19 he started to decrease power and turn towards the runway. At that time the aircraft went into an abrupt stall that he could not recover from and impacted the ground near runway 19 resulting in substantial damage. The pilot sustained a small laceration to the head.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19 HE STARTED TO DECREASE POWER AND TURN TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO AN ABRUPT STALL THAT HE COULD NOT RECOVER FROM AND IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR RUNWAY 19 RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED A SMALL LACERATION TO THE HEAD.