14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, January 02, 2013 in Elkhart, IN
Probable Cause Approval Date: 03/24/2014
Aircraft: LUSCOMBE 8, registration: N707HL
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot was landing the airplane when it touched down on the left main landing gear and bounced. The pilot attempted to recover from the bounce by reducing pitch so that the main landing gear wheels would touch down onto the runway surface, but he inadvertently applied too much pitch control input and also applied left rudder control input. The airplane then veered left off the runway and nosed-over when it impacted an area of plowed snow. The pilot reported no malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.
On January 2, 2013, about 1125 eastern standard time, a Luscombe 8F, N707HL, departed off the left side of the runway during landing at Mishawaka Pilots Club Airport (3C1), Elkhart, Indiana. The airplane received substantial damage. The commercial pilot and pilot-rated passenger were uninjured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan had not been filed for the local flight that originated from 3C1 at 1050.
The pilot stated that on his third landing on runway 21 (2,243 feet by 40 feet, asphalt), the airplane landed with the left wing low and touched down onto the runway surface with only the left main landing gear. The airplane bounced "awkwardly" to the right because the pilot did not have the control stick forward enough to keep the main landing gear on the runway. The pilot over-corrected in lowering the airplane nose and attempting to get touch down on both main landing gear wheels. In this attempt, the pilot inputted too much forward right control stick and then left rudder. The airplane departed toward the left and off the runway surface.
The pilot stated that the runway had been plowed to about 10 feet beyond the edge of the runway. The airplane impacted the snow and nosed-over.
The pilot reported that there was no mechanic malfunction/failure of the airplane.
http://registry.faa.gov/N707HL
NTSB Identification: CEN13LA127
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, January 02, 2013 in Elkhart, IN
Aircraft: LUSCOMBE 8, registration: N707HL
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On January 2, 2013, about 1125 eastern standard time, a Luscombe 8F, N707HL, departed off the left side of runway 21 (2,243 feet by 40 feet, asphalt) during landing at Mishawaka Pilots Club Airport (3C1), Elkhart, Indiana. The pilot was demonstrating a wheel landing to the passenger when the airplane bounced, departed the runway, and nosed-over. The airplane received substantial damage. The commercial pilot and pilot-rated passenger were uninjured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan had not been filed for the local flight that originated from 3C1.
Plane flips while landing at the Mishawaka Pilots Club late Wednesday morning.
BAUGO TOWNSHIP – A small plane crashed at the Mishawaka Pilots Club in western Elkhart County late Wednesday morning.
It happened around 11:30.
WSBT has learned two people were on board, an flight instructor and student pilot. It was a practice flight. They were landing when the small aircraft apparently got caught in a gust of wind. The plane slid and flipped.
Injuries turned out to be very minor. Neither passenger was taken to the hospital.
The Mishawaka Pilots Club is on County Road 20 in Baugo Township, just east of the Elkhart/St. Joseph County line.
Emergency crews are on the scene of a plane crash at the Mishawaka Pilots Club Airport.
The plane was attempting to land around 11:30 this morning when it crashed and flipped over.
Two people were inside the plane at the time of the crash.
No serious injuries have been reported at this time.
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