Luscombe 8 N2022K
30 July 2018 · Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 July 2018 at about 15:00 local time, a Luscombe 8 registered N2022K was involved in an accident near Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 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 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (ZER)
- Coordinates
- 40.7056, -76.3744
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8
- Registration
- N2022K
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1947
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Pottsville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA456
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing, the airplane veered right, he applied left rudder to correct, but the airplane exited the runway to the right and impacted a ditch. The pilot added that he thought that he had become too relaxed and was "not on his game" during the landing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2018 | Luscombe 8A | Longview, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 2018 | Luscombe 8 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 2018 | Luscombe 8 | New Carlisle, Ohio, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 2018 | Luscombe 8 | Eunice, Louisiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Aug 2018 | Luscombe 8 | Fulton, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 2018 | Luscombe 8 | Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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