# Incident 20180602006839I: Luscombe 8E, Paragould, AR, June 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2018, 16:15 local time
- Place: Paragould, AR
- Airport: Kirk Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0638° N, 90.5092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIRK FLD (PGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0638&lon=-90.5092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2657K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2657K-2021-01-09) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 60 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180602006839I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:15 CST, A LUSCOMBE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION N2657K HOLDING A STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, DEPARTED KIRK FIELD (KPGR) RUNWAY 22 AFTER AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET, AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT TURNED SIDEWAYS THE GEAR COLLASPED; AIRCRAFT STOPED RESTING ON THE FUSELAGE.  NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KIRK FIELD AIRPORT (KPGR), PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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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