- Date
- April 16, 2012, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Winslow, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25ELuscombe 8E
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20120416007329A
- Case key
- 83437
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot said that he purchased the airplane 3 days before the accident and was flying it across the country. He was landing the airplane to purchase fuel. He said that the wind was variable at 3 to 6 knots and generally a right crosswind. During touchdown, he overcorrected with rudder control, and the airplane ground looped to the right. The left main landing gear failed, and the left wing was bent and wrinkled.
Factual narrative
The pilot said he purchased the airplane 3 days before the accident and was flying it from California to Connecticut. He was landing the airplane to purchase fuel. He said that the wind was variable at 3 to 6 knots, and generally a right crosswind. During touchdown, he overcorrected with rudder control and the airplane ground looped to the right. The left main landing gear failed, and the left wing was bent and wrinkled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25E
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5244
- Airframe hours
- 3,671
- Engine
- Cont Motor C85 SERIES, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morne Juan Van Staden
- Registered owner
- Morne Juan Van Staden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 2011
- Departed
- BVU · Boulder City, NV
- Destination
- INW · Winslow, AZ
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- INW · Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Arp, runway 11, 7,100 × 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
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 11, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 18 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.25 inHg
- Observed at
- INW
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 30, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.