- Date
- November 26, 2001, 13:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Olympia, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1577KLuscombe 8C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20011126031799A
- Case key
- 54164
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Probable cause
Directional control not maintained during the landing roll. Factors include main gear overload and standing water on the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that this was his second touch-and-go landing of the flight. He reported that shortly after touchdown, during the landing roll, he felt a "…hard jolt" and his foot inadvertently slipped off the right rudder pedal. He stated that before he could regain control of the airplane, it departed the left side of the runway and encountered soft, wet terrain. After encountering the soft terrain, the airplane's right main gear collapsed and the right wing impacted the ground. In a subsequent written report, the pilot reported that the hard jolt was a result of the airplane encountering standing water on the runway.
Factual narrative
On November 26, 2001, about 1355 Pacific standard time, a Luscombe 8C, N1577K, sustained substantial damage during the landing roll on runway 26 at Olympia, Washington. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.
The pilot reported that this was his second touch-and-go landing of the flight. He reported that shortly after touchdown, during the landing roll, he felt a "…hard jolt" and his foot inadvertently slipped off the right rudder pedal. He stated that before he could regain control of the airplane, it departed the left side of the runway and encountered soft, wet terrain. After encountering the soft terrain, the airplane's right main gear collapsed and the right wing impacted the ground.
In a subsequent written report, the pilot reported that the hard jolt was a result of the airplane encountering standing water on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1577K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4304
- Airframe hours
- 3,721
- Engine
- Continental A75-8F, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregg M. Reynolds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 2001 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- OLM · Olympia, WA
- Destination
- OLM · Olympia, WA
- Airport
- OLM · Olympia, runway 26, 4,157 × 150 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
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- September 14, 2000
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 342° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Observed at
- OLM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.