NTSB Identification: ERA12CA269
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Tuesday, April 03, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 09/13/2012
Aircraft: LUSCOMBE 8A, registration: N71479
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane at the conclusion of a cross-country flight. He reported that he applied the left brake during the landing roll, and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and traveled down an embankment, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and right elevator. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Taylor has a new best friend in his 1946 Luscombe.
Credit: Hickory Daily Record
TARENTUM, Pa. -- A 90-year-old pilot walked away uninjured after his small plane careened off the runway and down a hillside at Rock Airport on Tuesday night.
West Deer Township Police Chief John Lape said the pilot, Paul Taylor, celebrated his 90th birthday in February.
Taylor was landing his plane when it went off the runway and down a hill, Lape said.
"He said it was his fault he went off the runway. Nothing happened with the plane. The plane was intact," Lape said.
Taylor told Channel 4 Action News that he flew in World War II and has been flying since the 1930s.
He said he bought his 1946 Luscombe a year ago and was flying the plane back from Hickory, N.C., en route to Butler, but decided to land at Rock Airport because the hour was getting late.
"Basically, it got into a small, rabbit-hopping operation, and I didn't have enough room on the side of the runway to actually correct it. That's why it went off," Taylor said.
Despite going off the runway, Taylor said he was able to remain calm because no large rocks or trees were in his path. But he also said the landscape didn't help matters.
"The runway is up here. That angle is the bank going away from the runway, with very little room between the runway and where the bank is. If I had more room there, I could have saved it," he said.
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Paul L Taylor purchased property from my dad's estate. He hasn't made a single payment on his note, which were supposed to begin June 1, 2014. All correspondence has been ignored or refused. Please comment or email jsuperstar@hotmail.com if you can help me track him down.
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