# NTSB ATL05CA004: Luscombe LL-8, N1491K, Jasper, GA, October 17, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 17, 2004, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Jasper, GA
- Coordinates: 34.451946, -84.450553
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4519&lon=-84.4506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Atlanta FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL05CA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60532/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA004

## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive braking during landing roll resulted in a nose over.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, after touchdown on runway 34, during the roll out he was unable to maintain directional control of the airplane. The pilot applied the brakes and the airplane nosed down and flipped over inverted. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical anomalies prior to the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed the vertical stabilizer was buckled. Examination of airplane did not reveal any flight control or mechanical anomalies. The weather at Pickens County Airport  reported: Winds 310 degrees at 12 knots, gusting 16 knots.

## Factual narrative

On October 17, 2004, at 1415 eastern daylight time, a Luscombe LL-8, N1491K, registered to and operated by a private pilot  flipped inverted during a landing roll on runway 34 at Pickens County Airport, Jasper, Georgia. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the private pilot received serious injuries. The flight departed Pickens County Airport, Jasper, Georgia,  on October 17, 2004 at 1300.

According to the pilot, after touchdown on runway 34, the airplane "darted to the left" but despite his efforts to arrest the left turn, the airplane continued to the left.  When the pilot applied the wheel brakes, the airplane nosed down and flipped inverted on the runway. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical anomalies prior to the accident.

Examination of the airplane revealed the vertical stabilizer was buckled. Examination of airplane did not reveal any flight control or mechanical anomalies. The weather at Pickens County Airport  reported: Winds 310 degrees at 12 knots, gusting 16 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1491K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Luscombe LL-8
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4218
- Airframe hours: 2048
- Engines: Continental C65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronald J Williams
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 30, 2004, 2,048 hours before
- Departed: RMG, ROME, GA
- Destination: JZP, JASPER, GA
- Airport: JZP, Pickens County, runway 34, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 500 total, 60 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.90 inHg
- Observed at: RYY, 271 nm away

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.

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