# Accident 20160611009329A: Luscombe 8A, Valparaiso, IN, June 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2016, 19:30 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4525° N, 87.0069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4525&lon=-87.0069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2850K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2850K-2022-04-02) (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 A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160611009329A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT HARD ON RUNWAY 36 AT PORTER COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT IN VALPARAISO, INDIANA.  THE TAIL WHEEL LEAF SPRING BROKE FROM THE IMPACT OF THE HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE TAIL WHEEL TO FAIL.  THE FAILED TAIL WHEEL LIMITED THE PILOT?S CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED SEVERELY LEFT, COLLAPSING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR AND CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND.

## 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 GAA16CA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA307), Jun 12, 2016: Luscombe 8 (N2850K), Valparaiso, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper descent rate during landing, which resulted in a bounced landing, failure of the tailwheel suspension leaf spring, a ground loop, and substantial damage to the left wing.

## Other reports on N2850K (1)

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

- [Accident 20070615010329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070615010329A), Jun 15, 2007: Luscom 8A (N2850K), Columbia, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was practicing touch and go landings on runway 03 at Sackman airport (H49). On the sixth landing he was making a full stop. He stated that he…

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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