Luscombe 8 N2689K

Summary

On 1 June 2019 at about 22:45 local time, a Luscombe 8 registered N2689K was involved in an accident near Heber, Utah, 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

1 June 2019 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Heber, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Heber City Muni - Russ McDonal (HCR)

Coordinates

40.4819, -111.4281

Aircraft

Luscombe 8

Registration

N2689K

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

Heber → Heber

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA301

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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 the landing roll in a gusting crosswind, the airplane veered left. He added right rudder, which slowed the veer. However, he saw that the airplane was going to depart the runway, so he added full power and right rudder to abort the landing. The airplane became airborne but "stopped the climb, and slid tail first onto the ground." The right main landing gear collapsed, and the propeller and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airport's automated weather observation station reported that, about 10 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 010° at 10 knots and that, about 10 minutes after the accident, the wind was from 340° at 14 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 04. It is likely that, during the aborted landing, the pilot aerodynamically stalled the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.