Luscombe 8 N707HL

Summary

On 2 January 2013 at about 16:25 local time, a Luscombe 8 registered N707HL was involved in an accident near Elkhart, Indiana, United States. 2 people were 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

2 January 2013 at 16:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Mishawaka Pilots Club Airport (3C1)

Coordinates

41.6569, -86.0347

Aircraft

Luscombe 8

Registration

N707HL

Category

Airplane

Year built

1948

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elkhart → Elkhart

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA127

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing the airplane when it touched down on the left main landing gear and bounced. The pilot attempted to recover from the bounce by reducing pitch so that the main landing gear wheels would touch down onto the runway surface, but he inadvertently applied too much pitch control input and also applied left rudder control input. The airplane then veered left off the runway and nosed-over when it impacted an area of plowed snow. The pilot reported no malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.