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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A · Llano, TX · July 3, 2015

Date
July 3, 2015 · 13:00 local
Place
Llano, TX
Airport
Llano
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71108
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA15CA182
Reported as
Silvaire Luscombe 8A
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
745 total18 in this make and model4 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.

Upon landing the aircraft weather vaned downwind, ran off the paved runway , entered the grass along the runway and experienced a failure of the left then right main gear.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED DOWNWIND, RAN OFF THE PAVED RUNWAY , ENTERED THE GRASS ALONG THE RUNWAY AND EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE LEFT THEN RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

NTSB investigation

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