NTSB Identification: CEN13CA042
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, November 03, 2012 in West Bend, WI
Probable Cause Approval Date: 01/31/2013
Aircraft: LUSCOMBE 8E, registration: N2368K
Injuries: 2 Minor.
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 departed a 1,500-foot-long grass runway in calm wind conditions and was unable to gain enough altitude to clear power lines at the end of the runway. He aborted the takeoff and landed in a plowed field near the departure end of the runway. The airplane nosed over on landing damaging the vertical stabilizer, the right wing tip, both main landing gear, and the propeller. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation. He said the accident could have been prevented if he had waited for better wind conditions or extended the takeoff roll to gain additional airspeed.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot‘s failure to maintain clearance from power lines at the end of the short runway, which resulted in an aborted takeoff and subsequent nose-over of the airplane.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 2368K Make/Model: L8E Description: LUSCOMBE
Date: 11/03/2012 Time: 1740
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: HORICON State: WI Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, GROUND LOOPED, HORICON, WI
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Take-off Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: MILWAUKEE, WI (GL13) Entry date: 11/05/2012
Citizen Staff/Aaron Holbrook
A man talks on a cell phone next to a plane that flipped upside down in a cornfield at the corner of Highways A and B around 1 p.m. Saturday.
Citizen Staff/Aaron Holbrook
A plane that rests upside down in a cornfield at the corner of Highways A and B Saturday.
Citizen Staff/Aaron Holbrook
Two men talk next to a plane that flipped upside down in a cornfield at the corner of Highways A and B around 1 p.m. Saturday.
Citizen Staff/Aaron Holbrook
A plane that rests upside down in a cornfield at the corner of Highways A and B Saturday.
Information from Dodge County Sheriff's Department:
The Dodge County Sheriff's Department was called to a report of a plane down around 12:40p.m. Saturday. The incident happened near Highway A and B in the Town of Beaver Dam. The Sheriff's Department says it appears the plane was taking off and wouldn't be able to get high enough to get over some power lines. So, the pilot made the decision to go under the lines. That caused the plane to go into a field where it flipped. There were no injuries reported. The FAA is investigating.
TOWN OF BEAVER DAM - No one was injured when a small plane flipped over in the town of Beaver Dam at about 12:40 p.m. on Saturday.
According to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department briefing, Stephen McGill, 46, was attempting to take off from a private airfield and failed to gain sufficient altitude. He attempted a landing in a field of corn stubble near the intersection of Highways A and B and the plane flipped over landing on its roof.
Beaver Dam Fire and EMS, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department and Beaver Dam Police responded to the scene. No one was transported from the scene and rescue personnel left within 45 minutes.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration tail number registry, the Luscombe Series 8 aircraft is owned by S&S Aero Works, Hartford. The limited liability corporation shares an address with the Luscombe Association, an organization that lists it’s purpose as preserving, promoting restoring, maintaining and flying Luscombe aircrafts.
The incident will be investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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