Luscombe 8A N45906

Summary

On 16 May 1984 at about 18:00 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N45906 was involved in an accident near Colcord, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 May 1984 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Colcord, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

36.2591, -94.6906

Aircraft

Luscombe 8A

Registration

N45906

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Siloam Springs → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA233

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DOWNWIND FROM AN UNIMPROVED FIELD TO AVOID POWER LINES AT THE UPWIND END OF THE FIELD. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL SUFFICIENT SPEED COULD NOT BE ATTAINED TO LIFT OFF AND CLEAR A FENCE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT OFF AND CLIMB OVER THE FENCE, BUT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE TOP WIRE OF THE FENCE AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND RIGHT WING STRUCK THE FENCE POST. CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE NEXT FIELD. THE PLT STATED THAT HAVING DEPARTED THIS FIELD MANY TIMES BEFORE, HE FELT CONFIDENT OF HIS PLANS FOR THE TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.