Luscombe 8F N840B
17 July 2002 · Farmington, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 July 2002 at about 15:30 local time, a Luscombe 8F registered N840B was involved in an accident near Farmington, Missouri, 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 15:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Farmington, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Farmington Regional (FAM)
- Coordinates
- 37.7793, -90.4202
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8F
- Registration
- N840B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Farmington → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI02LA204
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The locked brake and the aircraft control not being possible due to the locked brake.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane nosed over during landing. The pilot stated that during the landing roll he, "heard a double clunking sound [and] felt my upper body go forward [and] the tail wheel lifted." He said that the airplane skidded nose down before ultimately nosing over. The pilot reported that the brake clip that holds the brake disk in place, "came off and lodged in the wheel causing an abrupt [and] harsh drag on [the] right wheel." The pilot listed having 482 hours of experience is the same make and model airplane as the accident airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2002 | Luscombe 8A | Wahoo, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jul 2002 | Luscombe 8A | Cordova, Alaska, United States | Robert E. Sterner | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 2002 | Luscombe 8A | Tekoa, Washington, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Nov 2002 | Luscombe 8A | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 2001 | Luscombe 8E | Longmont, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 2003 | Luscombe 8F | Newport, Maine, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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