- Date
- May 25, 1982, 16:38 local (22:38 UTC)
- Place
- Goodland, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2497KLuscombe 8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820525019039A
- Case key
- 70848
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Analysis
While en route, the pilot encountered headwinds and elected to land at Goodland, Kansas to refuel. He landed on runway 12 with a crosswind from 320 degrees at 6 knots. The pilot stated that after touchdown, he got a cramp in his right leg and removed his right foot from the rudder in an attempt to workout the cramp. He reported that the aircraft began to turn left and he inadvertently hit the left rudder on the passenger side with his right foot. He stated that the mistake was quickly recognized, but not soon enough to stop a ground loop. The right main gear collapsed and the right wing and horizontal stabilizer were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2497K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5224
- Airframe hours
- 1,264
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn E. Trewet
- Registered owner
- Glenn E. Trewet
- Departed
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- Scottsbluff, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GLD · Renner, runway 12, 5,499 × 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
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 13,700 total · 12 in this make and model · 12,600 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 153 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2497K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.