# NTSB LAX00LA113: Luscombe 8A, N1544K, Selma, CA, February 26, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 26, 2000, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC) - Place: Selma, CA - Coordinates: 36.53083, -119.640197 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5308&lon=-119.6402&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48719 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00LA113 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48719/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA113 ## Probable cause The failure and separation of the right landing gear axle during taxi from landing for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Gear collapsed, taxi - from landing - landing gear,axle - separation (cause) - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) ## Analysis At the completion of a local area flight, the airplane owner-pilot made a normal (smooth) landing and taxied off the runway. Without warning, the right main landing gear axle broke and the gear collapsed. The airplane had been in operation since about 1947, and it was maintained on an annual inspection basis. ## Factual narrative On February 26, 2000, about 1145 hours Pacific standard time, a Luscombe 8A, N1544K, owned and operated by the pilot, experienced the collapse of its right main landing gear while taxiing to parking after landing on runway 10 at the Selma Airport, Selma, California. The flight was performed under 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane was substantially damaged, and neither the private pilot nor passenger was injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local area personal flight, which originated from Selma about 1055. The pilot indicated that there was no indication of any mechanical problem until after he exited the runway. Suddenly, the right main landing gear axle broke and the airplane nosed down onto its propeller. The airplane had been in operation since about 1947, and it was maintained on an annual inspection basis. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1544K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1544K), registered now, S/N 4271, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Luscombe 8A - Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 4271 - Airframe hours: 2446 - Engines: Continental A-75 75 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: William L. Campbell - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 10, 1999, 19 hours before - Departed: 0Q4 - Airport: 0Q4, Selma, runway 10, 2,490 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 430 total, 157 in this make and model, 430 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 142 °F, dew point 118 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: FAT, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000226005349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226005349A), Feb 26, 2000: Luscom 8A, Selma, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was taxiing back on the taxiway after landing runway 10 when the right main landing gear leg fractured near the attach point of the wheel axle.… ## Other investigations on N1544K (3) 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 WPR13CA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA150), Mar 13, 2013: Luscombe 8A (N1544K), Madera, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. - [NTSB LAX07CA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA289), Aug 31, 2007: Luscombe 8A (N1544K), Reedley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing. - [NTSB NYC75FGM47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FGM47), Jun 21, 1975: Luscombe 8A (N1544K), Leechburg, PA, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.