# Accident 20210524003509A: Luscombe 8A, Skaneateles, NY, May 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2021, 14:00 local time
- Place: Skaneateles, NY
- Airport: Skaneateles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9136° N, 76.4408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9136&lon=-76.4408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1331K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1331K) (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&C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210524003509A

## Narrative

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

N1331K, SKANEATELES, NY (6B9)

05-24-2021 1800Z

ZULU DATE/TIME:	05/24/2021 1800Z

LOCAL DATE/TIME:	05/24/2021 1400 EDT

EVENT TYPE:		GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENT

REGION:		AEA

LOCATION:		SKANEATELES, NY (6B9)

REPORTING FACILITY:

ONONDAGA CO SHERRIF

N-NUMBER:		N1331K

AIRCRAFT TYPE:	LUSCOMBE, L8 A SN 4058

POB: (1)^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

INJURIES:	MINOR, SCRATCHES ON HEAD, KEPT IN HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION

DAMAGE:		SUBSTANTIAL, 	PROP BENT FROM PROP STRIKE, FIREWALL BENT

TAIL BENT AND CRUSHED, RIGHT AILERON BENT, RIGHT STRUT BENT

LEFT FUEL CAP CAME OFF AND FUEL (100LL) SPILLED ON TAXIWAY.

SKANEATELES, NY (6B9): N1331K, L8 A,

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPART RUNWAY 28, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF OF RUNWAY, PITCHED FORWARD AND CAME TO REST INVERTED ON TAXIWAY FOXTROT, NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.

POB: 1, INJURIES: SOME SCRAPES ON HIS HEAD

PILOT

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE FLEW FROM SENECA FALLS (OG7) AIRPORT TO SKANEATELES AIRPORT, (6B9) TO MEET WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TO HAVE SOME MAGNETOS FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HE OWNS, INSPECTED. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP IN FRONT OF THE HANGER. HE BACK TAXIED ON RUNWAY 28. HE DID A RUN UP AND CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT OUT. AS HE TOOK OFF, HE GOT THE TAIL OFF THE GROUND, THE PLANE PULLED TO THE LEFT. HE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE MUCH RUDDER CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE GRASS WAS ROUGH AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF GETTING BACK OUT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN ON THE PAVEMENT. SOMEONE HELPED HIM GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS BLEEDING FROM HIS HEAD AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE HAD SOME SCRAPES ON HIS HEAD AND WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED ON 5-25-2021. THE WIND WAS APPROXIMATELY 030 AT 10 KNOTS. ALTIMETER 30.19, 73F DEGREES AND CLEAR SKIES.

## 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 ERA21LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA231), May 24, 2021: Luscombe 8A (N1331K), Skaneateles, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll which resulted in a runway excursion and nose-over event.

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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