# Accident 20180831012689A: Luscombe 8E, New Carlisle, OH, August 31, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2018, 02:00 local time
- Place: New Carlisle, OH
- Airport: Andy Barnhart Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9317° N, 84.0248° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9317&lon=-84.0248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2305K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2305K) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 497 total, 29 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA362) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180831012689A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 27.  PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND AT APPROXIMATELY 150FT AGL THE ENGINE STOPPED.  PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT TURN TO THE NORTH AND  LANDED IN A TREE NURSERY APPROXIMATELY .2 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A HARD LANDING CAUSING THE MAIN GEAR TO FAIL. AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AND CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE FUSELAGE REMAINED INTACT.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO CRAWL FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR BACK INJURY.

## 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 CEN18LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA362), Aug 31, 2018: Luscombe 8 (N2305K), New Carlisle, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power shortly after takeoff due to carburetor ice.

## Other reports on N2305K (2)

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

- [Incident 19810620054559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810620054559I), Jun 20, 1981: Luscom 8E (N2305K), Glasgow, MT, Minor damage. During taxi operation a gust of wind caused the aircraft to ground loop damaging propeller tips, main gear and wing
- [Accident 19770201001499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770201001499A), Feb 1, 1977: Luscom 8E (N2305K), Cut Bank, MT, Substantial damage. Snow covered farm strip.

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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