- Date
- April 4, 2007, 18:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N882JBLuscombe 8F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- North Florida FSDO
- Case key
- 65574
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Probable cause
The failure of the left main axle during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the left main landing gear. A crosswind on the landing runway was a 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 pilot reported that during the landing roll on runway 18, the aircraft suddenly veered to the right. The pilot attempted to control the aircraft using the rudder and control stick with no success. The left wing struck the ground and the right wing raised as the left main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to a stop. At the time of the accident, the local METAR information was reporting the winds from 250 degrees at 12 knots. The sky was clear. In a post accident inspection, an airframe mechanic determined that the left axle broke at the exit of the landing gear strut.
Factual narrative
On April 4, 2007, at 1840 eastern daylight time, a Luscombe 8F, N882JB, experienced a left main landing gear failure during the landing roll at the Ocala International Airport, Ocala Florida. The aircraft was registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the private pilot and pilot-rated passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the flight which departed from Weirsdale, Florida, at 1820 eastern daylight time.
In a telephone conversation and written statement, the pilot reported that during the landing roll on runway 18, the aircraft suddenly veered to the right. The pilot attempted to control the aircraft using the rudder and control stick with no success. The left wing struck the ground and the right wing raised as the left main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to a stop.
At the time of the accident, the local METAR information was reporting a wind from 250 degrees at 12 knots. The sky was clear.
In a postaccident inspection, an airframe mechanic determined that the left axle broke at the exit of the landing gear strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N882JB
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6011
- Airframe hours
- 6,015.91
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Judith A. Betz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2006
- Departed
- 97FL · Weirsdale, FL
- Destination
- KOCF · Ocala, FL
- Airport
- OCF · Ocala Regional/Jim Taylor Fiel, runway 18, 6,907 × 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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,353 total · 1,463 in this make and model · 3,242 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KOCF