Luscombe 8 N2330K
22 April 2009 · Terrell, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 April 2009 at about 22:00 local time, a Luscombe 8 registered N2330K was involved in an accident near Terrell, Texas, 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 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Terrell, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Airpark East Airport (1F7)
- Coordinates
- 32.8083, -96.3511
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8
- Registration
- N2330K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Terrell → Terrell
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN09CA268
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear due to undetected corrosion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The commercial pilot had just landed on a 2,630-foot-long by 30-foot-wide asphalt runway with a direct tailwind at 5 knots. The tailwheel was down and the airplane had slowed to a taxi speed when the right landing gear separated from the right landing gear leg, then both wingtips struck the ground causing substantial damage to both wings, and the fuselage. The pilot reported that he thinks the axle failed because of hidden corrosion inside the landing gear tubing that was not detectable during a normal preflight inspection.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2009 | Luscombe 8E | Weeping Water, Nebraska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Jun 2009 | Luscombe 8 | Chipley, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 25 Jul 2009 | Luscombe 8C | Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Aug 2009 | Luscombe 8A | Arcadia, Florida, United States | Edward Siwicki | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 2009 | Luscombe 8E | Ozona, Texas, United States | Clark Dennis L | No injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 2009 | Luscombe 8A | Eatonville, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 25 Feb 2009 | Robinson R22 BETA | O'Donnell, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Jun 2009 | Meyers OTW | Haskell, Texas, United States | Ashbach Richard P | No injuries | - |
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