# Accident 20250127000519A: Luscombe 8E, Brush, CO, January 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2025, 15:47 local time
- Place: Brush, CO
- Airport: Brush Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2644° N, 103.5756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2644&lon=-103.5756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1739K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1739K) (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: 450 total, 423 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250127000519A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 27, 2025, A LUSCOMBE LL-8-E, INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE BRUSH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (7V5). AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND AT ABOUT 30 KNOTS DURING THE ROLLOUT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THIS RESULTED IN THE LEFT WINGTIP IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE NOSE IMPACTED THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LEFT WING, WHICH CAUSED THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO GO UP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE.

## 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 CEN25LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA089), Jan 27, 2025: Luscombe 8E (N1739K), Brush, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear forward strut.

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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