Luscombe 8E N2020B
10 September 2006 · Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 September 2006 at about 14:25 local time, a Luscombe 8E registered N2020B was involved in an accident near Dodgeville, Wisconsin, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 14:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States
- Coordinates
- 43.0686, -90.2194
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8E
- Registration
- N2020B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Brodhead → Viroqua
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI06CA259
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot encountering unsuitable terrain during the precautionary landing. A factor was the ditch the pilot encountered.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The tailwheel airplane sustained substantial damage during a precautionary landing when its landing gear encountered a ditch. The pilot stated, "After a successful off airport landing I taxied to clear road for auto traffic (none around at the time). The road to [alfalfa] field transition looked smooth, but the gear dropped into an unnoticed low shoulder I tried to pull back but left gear collapsed and airplane nosed over." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 2006 | Luscombe 8A | Ocala, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 20 Jul 2006 | Luscombe 8A | Marine City, Michigan, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Sep 2006 | Luscombe 8A | Elwell, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 2006 | Luscombe 8F | Wellsville, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 2006 | Luscombe 8E | Willow, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 2006 | Luscombe 8A | Bowling Green, Missouri, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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