- Date
- January 19, 1999, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Schaumburg, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2197BLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990119011489A
- Case key
- 45618
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the snowbank which the airplane contacted.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated the airplane drifted to the left during the landing roll. He attempted to apply right brake and rudder, but his foot slipped off the brake. The airplane entered a left turn. The pilot stated he reapplied the right brake and the airplane responded, but not in enough time to avoid the snowbank. The airplane contacted the snowbank and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On January 19, 1999, at 1400 central standard time, a Luscombe 8A, N2197B, operated by a private pilot nosed over upon contacting a snowbank following a loss of directional control during landing roll on runway 29 (3,800'x100') at the Schaumburg Regional Airport, Schaumburg, Illinois. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The local flight originated from the Schaumburg Regional Airport, at about 1330 cst.
The pilot stated that the airplane started to drift to the left during the landing roll. He stated he attempted to applied right brake and rudder, but his foot slipped off the brake. He stated the airplane entered a "violent left turn" prior to him reapplying the right brake. The pilot stated the airplane responded to the brake input, but not enough to avoid the snowbank. The airplane contacted the snowbank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2197B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6624
- Airframe hours
- 5,986
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James C. Cardis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1998 · 106 hours before
- Departed
- 06C
- Destination
- 06C
- Airport
- 06C · Schaunburg Regional, runway 29, 3,800 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 75
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,323 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 4,130 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 9 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.