Luscombe 8E N2953K

Summary

On 16 January 2001 at about 05:35 local time, a Luscombe 8E registered N2953K was involved in an accident near North Platte, Nebraska, 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

16 January 2001 at 05:35

Classification

Accident

Location

North Platte, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

North Platte Regional (LBF)

Coordinates

41.1302, -100.7708

Aircraft

Luscombe 8E

Registration

N2953K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ogallala → North Platte

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI01LA065

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertent ground loop. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot selected the wrong runway on which to land, the quartering tailwind, the icy runway, and the snow bank which the airplane contacted.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane contacted a snow bank and nosed over during landing. The pilot reported that he landed the airplane on runway 12 after hearing another airplane depart from that runway. He reported that during the landing, the airplane contacted "black-ice" on the runway and ground looped. The airplane traveled to the left side of the runway where it contacted a snow bank and nosed over. The pilot reported the local winds at the time of the accident were from 300 degrees at 12 knots. The North Platte Regional Airport weather observation, taken 16 minutes after the accident, reported the winds from 010 degrees at 8 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.