# Incident 20200830018449I: Luscombe 8A, Springfield, OH, August 30, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2020, 14:20 local time
- Place: Springfield, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9289° N, 83.7942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9289&lon=-83.7942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28442, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28442) (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: 427 total, 248 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200830018449I

## Narrative

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

REVIEWED BY FLM NJS ON 11/02/2020.

ON AUGUST 30, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 P.M. EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (1820 ZULU), LUSCOMB A8, N28442 MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 06 AT THE SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SGH).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE SINGLE PILOT WAS UNINJURED IN THE INCIDENT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE REPORTED WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS WIND 330 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR SKY.

THE PRIVATE CERTIFICATED PILOT REPORTED HE HAD 426 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT TIME, INCLUDING 248 HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL.

THE PILOT STATED HE PLANNED TO DO A THREE POINT LANDING.  HIS SIGHT PICTURE WAS NOT CORRECT FOR THE THREE POINT LANDING AND DECIDED TO DO A TWO WHEEL LANDING. HIS SPEED WAS 10 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) FASTER THAN THE NORMAL 70 MPH DURING THE WHOLE APPROACH. THE MAINS TOUCHED THE RUNWAY FIRST AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR AFTER HE PLANTED THE MAIN GEAR. HE HAD BEEN TAUGHT TO GO AROUND IF THE LANDING WAS BAD OR THE APPRAOACH WAS NOT SET UP CORRECTLY.  HE TRIED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING INSTEAD OF DOING A GO AROUND.  HE WAS OVERCONFIDENT IN SALVAGING THE LANDING BECAUSE OF THE LONG RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH THE SEPARTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL, LEFT WING TIP DAMAGE, AND PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND.

PTRS ID:  GL05202002431

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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