# Accident 20180427010639A: Luscombe 8A, Eunice, LA, April 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2018, 17:15 local time
- Place: Eunice, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4597° N, 92.4219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4597&lon=-92.4219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71261, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71261) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180427010639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SET UP FOR FINAL APPROACH AT EUNICE FOR RUNWAY 35. PILOT WAS LOW ON FINAL AND LOOKED DOWN AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT SOMETHING AND HE LOST CONTROL AND LANDED SHORT TRAVELING THROUGH THE AIRPORT BOUNDRY FENCE. ONCE REGAINING CONSCIENTIUOSNESS THE PILOT STATES THAT HE REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A 30 FOOT TREE ON SHORT FINAL. THE TREE STANDS 782 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 35.

## 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 GAA18CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA244), Apr 28, 2018: Luscombe 8 (N71261), Eunice, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree while on approach to land.

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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