# Accident 20160717025349A: Luscombe 8E, Minden, NV, July 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2016, 08:36 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden/Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0003° N, 119.7519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0003&lon=-119.7519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2759K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2759K) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 220 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160717025349A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKE OFF ROTATION, THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE THAT SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM LANDING GEAR.  ONCE AIRBORNE, THE PASSENGER OBSERVED THE RIGHT WHEEL, INCLUDING AXLE ASSEMBLY HANGING SIDEWAYS FROM THE BRAKE CABLE.

THE PILOT MADE A LOW PASS FOR GROUND PERSONNEL TO CONFIRM THE PROBLEM AND REQUEST EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. THE PILOT FLEW AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES UNTIL THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS IN PLACE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON GRASSY AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY 34 AND TAXIWAY ALPHA.  THE PILOT LANDED ON THE LEFT WHEEL FIRST, HOLDING THE RIGHT SIDE OFF THE GROUND AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.  THE RIGHT GEAR LEG SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BEFORE DIGGING IN AND CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO CARTWHEEL ON TO ITS BACK.

POST-CRASH INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG FAILED AT THE AXLE CLUSTER FROM CORROSION WITHIN THE GEAR LEG.

## 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 WPR16LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA141), Jul 17, 2016: Luscombe 8A (N2759K), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of a main landing gear leg during takeoff due to corrosion, which resulted in a nose-over during the subsequent landing on a grassy area.

## Other reports on N2759K (2)

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

- [Accident 19841122065209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841122065209A), Nov 22, 1984: Luscom 8E (N2759K), Oakes, ND, Substantial damage. During rollout had drag on right wheel. Nosed over and fell on back. Unable to determine why brake grabbed.
- [Accident 19831025055449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831025055449A), Oct 25, 1983: Luscom 8E (N2759K), Oakes, ND, Substantial damage. Aircraft wheel struck a hole during landing roll causing it to flip inverted.

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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