# Accident 20160910017129A: Luscombe 8E, Juneau, WI, September 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2016, 17:00 local time
- Place: Juneau, WI
- Airport: Dodge County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4264° N, 88.7008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4264&lon=-88.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1263K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1263K-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA476](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA476) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160910017129A

## Narrative

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

THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A WHEEL LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE DODGE COUNTY AIRPORT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR, AND WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 280 AT 9, GUSTING TO 15. AT TOUCHDOWN THE RUBBER COVER ON THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL CAME LOOSE, AND THE PILOTS RIGHT FOOT CAME OFF THE PEDAL. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, MANIFESTED BY A SIGNIFICANT LEFT YAW. BY THE TIME THE MISHAP PILOT GOT HIS RIGHT FOOT BACK ON THE PEDAL AND ATTEMPTED TO REESTABLISH DIRECTIONAL CONTROL THE SITUATION HAD DEVELOPED TO THE POINT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE GROUND IN THAT AREA WAS QUITE SOFT, DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL, AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DUG IN, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ULTIMATELY FAILING DUE TO SIDE LOADING. DURING THE OFF RUNWAY EXCURSION, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND RESULTING IN SUBSTANTAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA16CA476](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA476), Sep 10, 2016: Luscombe 8 (N1263K), Juneau, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the foot pad cover…

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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