# Accident 20151024022649A: Luscombe 8A, Prescott, AZ, October 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2015, 14:58 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6547° N, 112.4192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6547&lon=-112.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25100, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C-85-12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151024022649A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT HAD JUST EARLIER PURCHASED N25100 AND WAS OPERATING IT AS A SPORT AIRCRAFT.  PILOT STATES THAT THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 21L AT PRC WAS NORMAL AND DURING THE ROLLOUT AT A SLOW SPEED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN TO THE LEFT.  HE BEGAN TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER TO COMPENSATE, BUT THE LEFT TURN INCREASED.  WITH FULL RIGHT RUDDER APPLIED THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED SHARPLY LEFT AND BEGAN SKIDDING SIDEWAYS.  PILOT STATES THAT HE DID NOT APPLY ANY BREAKS.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TUBULAR STRUCTURE BENT UNDER THE LOAD AND FOLDED INWARD AND UNDER THE FUSELAGE AND THE RIGHT WING DROPPED, MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  THIS RESULTED IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, WING TIP, AND AILERON.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELOCATED TO A HANGAR.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THERE WAS LOOSENESS OF THE LEAF SPRING WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE TAIL SECTION AND PLAY IN THE TAIL WHEEL PIVOT MECHANISM.  UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE LOOSENESS OF THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE CONTROL ON THE ROLLOUT, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.  PRIOR TO FLYING TO PRESCOTT, AZ, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN GALLOP, NEW MEXICO (GUP).  HE SAID THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT IN GUP, HE NOTED THAT THE STEERING FELT LOOSE, BUT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY SERIOUS CONTROL ISSUES.

THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION ON THIS AIRCRAFT WAS IN NOVEMBER 04, 2014 AND HAD FLOWN 22.4 HOURS SINCE THE INSPECTION.

THE PILOT HAS OWNED AND OPERATED 2 AIRCRAFT OF THE SAME MAKE/MODEL AS THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT IN THE PAST AND HAS APPROXIMATELY 200 HOURS IN TAIL WHEELED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR16LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA017), Oct 24, 2015: Luscombe 8A (N25100), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, and his inability to recover due to a malfunction of the tailwheel.

## Other reports on N25100 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20190830018019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190830018019A), Aug 30, 2019: Luscombe 8A (N25100), Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. Accident investigation N25100 During the touch and go on runway 21L the pilot ground looped the aircraft. The aircraft had a valid registration (expiration…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.