# Accident 20230220001209A: Luscombe 8A, Guthrie, OK, February 20, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2023, 11:00 local time
- Place: Guthrie, OK
- Airport: Guthrie-Edmond Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8507° N, 97.4160° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8507&lon=-97.4160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25342, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25342-2024-09-21) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 109 total, 98 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230220001209A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS CST, A 1940 LUSCOMBE 8A TAIL DRAGGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A STUDENT PILOT SOLO FLIGHT AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 34 AT GUTHRIE/EDMOND REGIONAL AIRPORT(KGOK).  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 58 MPH IN VMC WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND FROM APPROXIMATELY 260 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS.  DURING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 34 INTO A GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIIWAY. SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OVER UNEVEN GRASSY SURFACES, NOSED OVER, RESTING INVERTED ON THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT.

FOLLOW UP ACTION FOR AIRMAN COUNSELING TO BE DOCUMENTED VIA ACTIVITY RECORD ID SW15202301755.

## 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 CEN23LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA117), Feb 20, 2023: Luscombe 8A (N25342), Guthrie, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N25342 (3)

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

- [Accident 20081003851129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081003851129A), Oct 3, 2008: Luscom 8A (N25342), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 3rd 2008, at 10:45, N25342, a Luscom 8A, ground looped while performing touch and goes at Greeley Weld county airport (gxy), Colorado. The…
- [Accident 20030821021749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030821021749A), Aug 21, 2003: Luscom 8A (N25342), Macon, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was approaching Macon, MO (K89) from the west as thunderstorms were forming in the vicinity. The airplane touched down on runway 20 with all…
- [Incident 19830806044009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806044009I), Aug 6, 1983: Luscom 8A (N25342), Loveland, CO, Minor damage. Lost directional control landing on taxiway parallel to runway. Airport manager approved. Main runway closed.

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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