# Accident 20150720014369A: Luscombe 8E, Perry, OK, July 20, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2015, 17:57 local time
- Place: Perry, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2801° N, 97.3082° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perry, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2801&lon=-97.3082&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2789K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2789K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150720014369A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WITNESS STATEMENT: " AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO NORTH END OF RNWY 17 . HEARD AIRCRAFT ENGINE GO TO TO FULL THROTTLE. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED DOWN RNWY UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 400-500 FT AND THEN VEERED OFF RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE ANGLE. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED ON THIS TRACK CROSSING OPEN AREA, CLOSED DIAGONAL RUNWAY, TAXI WAY AND INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH PROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM RUNWAY.  IT DID NOT APPEAR PILOT INPUT ANY CONTROL IN THE AIRCRAFT AFTER PUSHING FULL THROTTLE IN ON TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY WITH NO INDICATION OF BRAKING, STEERING, OR ATTEMPT TO LIFTOFF. AIRCRAFT ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY. ENGINE WAS STILL AT FULL THROTTLE WHEN AIRCRAFT DROPPED INTO DRAINAGE DITCH AND IMPACTED OPPOSITE BANK OF DITCH."

PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.

PILOT MADE STATEMENT (POST ACCIDENT) 8/7/2015, THAT HE HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE AIRPORT , 2 SEPARATE TRIPS IN THE PATTERN PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ON THE NEXT PLANNED FLIGHT HE HAD SAT IN THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS BEING HAND PROP STARTED FOR A SOMEWHAT LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME. THE HEAT INDEX WAS 105 DEGREES F.

AFTER STARTING THE AIRCRAFT , HE TAXIED OUT TO THE END OF RUNWAY. HE STATED HE REMEMBERING PUSHING THE THROTTLE IN AND THEN EVERYTHING GOING BLACK.

HE STATED HE HAD NO FURTHER RECOLLECTION OF THE EVENTS AFTER THAT. HE BELIEVES HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION. HE DOES NOT KNOW IF HE WAS DIAGNOSED OR RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR HEAT RELATED STRESS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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