Pilot Debrief

LUSCOMBE 8E near Houston, TX — 2023-02-19

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Date
2023-02-19
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Airport
IWS
Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 8E
Registration
N2722K
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to attain/maintain lateral airplane control during landing, which resulted in an impact with the runway surface.

NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that the landing touchdown was uneventful but that during landing rollout the airplane lurched to the left, rolled inverted, and came to rest on the runway. The pilot stated that the airplane’s left wing strut failed at its midpoint. Airport surveillance video showed that during landing the airplane’s right wing moved upward and the left wing descended and contacted the runway. The airplane then nosed over onto the runway and sustained substantial damage. Postaccident examination of the left wing strut revealed that it had failed in overload from having contacted the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

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Docket documents6

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