Luscombe 8F N1459B

Summary

On 21 June 2011 at about 00:45 local time, a Luscombe 8F registered N1459B, operated by Davis James R, was involved in an accident near McCall, Idaho, 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

21 June 2011 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

McCall, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

McCall (KMYL)

Coordinates

44.8886, -116.1019

Aircraft

Luscombe 8F

Registration

N1459B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Davis James R

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Joseph → McCall

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR11CA271

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed that resulted in a stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate spacing from the aircraft ahead of him.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was landing behind an aircraft on the airport taxiway parallel to runway 34 due to a runway closure. The airplane landed hard causing the airplane to bounce at which point the pilot, realizing he was too close to the aircraft in front of him, added power to go around. The airplane lifted off in a left climbing turn over the runway, stalled and subsequently descended into a grassy field. During the landing roll, the airplane hit an irrigation ditch causing the right landing gear to collapse and the airplane to ground loop. The aircraft sustained damage to its right wing, horizontal stabilizer and right landing gear. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.