Luscombe 8E N1338B

Summary

On 18 December 2003 at about 19:30 local time, a Luscombe 8E registered N1338B was involved in an accident near San Jose, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 December 2003 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

San Jose, California, United States

Nearest airport

Reid-Hillview (RHV)

Coordinates

37.3328, -121.8197

Aircraft

Luscombe 8E

Registration

N1338B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hollister → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX04CA070

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The airplane veered off the runway on the landing rollout, struck a taxiway sign, and came to rest inverted. The pilot made a normal, straight-in approach to the runway, where he completed a three-point landing. During the landing roll, the right main gear and wing lifted. He corrected with right aileron, and the airplane began turning to the right. He then applied left rudder; however, he had released backpressure on the stick during the right aileron correction, and the rudder application was ineffective. The airplane then traveled off of the runway. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.