- Date
- November 25, 2001, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisonville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77869Luscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20011125033539A
- Case key
- 53836
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Probable cause
directional control not maintained be the pilot during landing rollout. The ditch was a contributing factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The tailwheel equipped airplane veered off the right side of runway 17 during landing rollout. The airplane then jumped a ditch along side of the runway. The pilot reported that the wind conditions were from 250 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots.
Factual narrative
On November 25, 2001, at 1500 central standard time, a Luscombe 8A, N77869, owned and piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during landing rollout on runway 17 (4,000 feet by 75 feet, dry asphalt) at the Lawrence Smith Memorial Airport (OA6), Harrisonville, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot was uninjured. The local flight originated from OA6 at 1445.
The pilot reported, "Took off 1445 CST [and] flew around local area (OA6) [and] returned to land at approximately 1500 CST. Landed in 3 point position. As I was rolling out a gust started to lift right wing. I made corrections to gain control but to no avail. Airplane left the runway heading toward a ditch on the right side of the runway. Did not want to nose over in the ditch so applied power [and] pulled back on stick and got enough lift to clear ditch and came to rest on far side of ditch."
The pilot reported that the wind conditions were from 250 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots.
The pilot reported receiving a biennial flight review on July 14, 2001 in a Beech M35 airplane, which has a retractable tricycle landing gear system. The accident airplane was equipped with a fixed tail wheel landing gear system.
The pilot reported a total flight time of 642 hours, of which 54 hours were in the make and model of the accident airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77869
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3596
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tommy W Snoddy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 2001 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- OA6 · Harrisonville, MO
- Airport
- OA6 · Lawrence Smith Memorial, runway 17, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- July 14, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 642 total · 54 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- OJC, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.