# Accident 20230826012499A: Luscombe 8A, Hillsboro, OR, August 26, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2023, 17:10 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Stark'S Twin Oaks Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4284° N, 122.9421° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4284&lon=-122.9421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28841, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28841) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,420 total, 40 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA328) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230826012499A

## Narrative

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

AT 1710 PST ON 08/26/2023 LANDING ON RUNWAY 02 AT TWIN OAKS AIRPORT (7S3), HILLSBORO, OR MAKING A FULL STOP LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT A LUSCOMBE A8 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SN 1583 AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE RH WING AND RH MAIN LANDING GEAR, ALSO IT APPEARS THAT THE PROPELLER WAS SLIGHTLY BENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOR INSTRUCTION WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT ¾ THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT ON TOUCHDOWN AND ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO BE TRACKING ON THE CENTER LINE OK, FELT ABRUPT TURN TO THE LEFT AND STATED THAT THEY MAY HAVE OVER CONTROLLED. SAID THAT THE CFI TRIED TO TAKE CONTROL BUT DID NOT DO SO. THE CFI STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH AND ALIGNED WITH THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY, BUT NOTICED THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PUTTING IN INPUTS TO THE PEDALS. THE CFI TRIED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO OVERCOME THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE STUDENT PILOT MOVED THE PEDALS ENOUGH THAT HIS FEET CAME OFF OF THE PEDALS.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THE RIGHT-HAND WING TOUCHED THE SURFACE AND THE RIGHT-HAND LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE LANDING ALONG THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 02. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OBSERVED TO THE RIGHT-HAND WING SPAR (BENT), THE RIGHT-HAND LANDING GEAR HAS COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT WITH PARTS OF THE GEAR BROKEN, AND THE PROPELLER APPEARS TO HAVE A BENT BLADE.

## 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 WPR23LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA328), Aug 27, 2023: Luscombe 8A (N28841), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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