# Accident 20250413006279A: Luscombe 8F, Punta Gorda, FL, April 13, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2025, 12:40 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9174° N, 81.9876° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9174&lon=-81.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N815B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N815B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8F (registry code 8190114, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,173 total, 1,173 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250413006279A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE TOUCHDOWN TO ROLL OUT PHASE.

DID A SLIGHT BOUNCE AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES. I MADE

APPROPRIATE LEFT RUDDER INPUT, WITH NO EFFECT. I THEN TAPPED THE LEFT BRAKE WHICH STARTED

BRINGING THE NOSE BACK TO CENTER LINE. INSTANTLY, I WAS STARING STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE

RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD ROTATION ONTO THE NOSE ENDING UP ON ITS BACK,

FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

## 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 ERA25LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA180), Apr 13, 2025: Luscombe 8F (N815B), Punta Gorda, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain direction control of the airplane during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N815B (1)

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

- [Incident 20041001031039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041001031039I), Oct 1, 2004: Luscom 8F (N815B), Elma, NY, Minor damage. (-23) At 11:15 a.m. EDT on 10/1/04, the pilot and one passenger departed from lancaster, NY airport (D77), in VMC for great valley airport, (N56) on a pleasure…

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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