Luscombe LL-8-C N2619K
5 November 1998 · Caldwell, New Jersey, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 November 1998 at about 18:54 local time, a Luscombe LL-8-C registered N2619K was involved in an accident near Caldwell, New Jersey, 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 18:54
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
- Nearest airport
- Essex County (CDW)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Luscombe LL-8-C
- Registration
- N2619K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- IAD99LA017
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control resulting in a ground-loop.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that after an uneventful landing on runway 22 at the Essex County airport, the brakes locked and the airplane ground looped. A tower controller reported observing the aircraft land on runway 22 and then veer off the runway into the grass on the north side of taxiway bravo which is located approximately 1,500 feet upwind of the threshold for the runway, and is the first available taxiway exit to the midfield ramp area. Winds at the time of the accident were reported as variable at six knots. A maintenance representative from a local fixed base operator (FBO) recalled that several of his employees freely rolled the aircraft on its main wheels off the runway to the FBO's ramp subsequent to the accident. The aircraft was transported via flatbed truck from the Essex County Airport to Sky Acres airport, Lagrangeville, New York, for repairs. The facility effecting repairs reported that the post accident repairs included 'servicing of the brakes' but that no other corrective repair work had been done on the aircraft's Cleveland brakes.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe LL-8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 1997 | Luscombe LL-8-E | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States | Andrew E. Guthrow | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jun 1997 | Luscombe LL-8-A | Annapolis, Maryland, United States | David J Wallace | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 1997 | Luscombe LL-8-F | Carrollton, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 2001 | Luscombe LL-8-E | Bellaire, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 May 2002 | Luscombe LL-8-E | Olar, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 Oct 2004 | Luscombe LL-8 | Jasper, Georgia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 1998 | Boeing A75N1 (PT17) | West Milford, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 1998 | Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 | Freehold, New Jersey, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 1998 | Piper PA-34 | Teteboro, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Oct 1998 | Piper PA-28-181 | Pittstown, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 1998 | Eurocopter EC-135-P1 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | Aerial Films Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Oct 1998 | Cessna 172N | Linden, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |