ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295380
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| Date: | Saturday 16 August 2003 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1614K |
| MSN: | 4341 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3081 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Longmont, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Longmont, CO (2V2) |
| Longmont, CO (2V2) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said he was practicing touch-and-go landings. He said that on a previous 2-point landing, "it felt like someone was pushing and releasing the brakes. It was not severe so [he] continued to takeoff speed and rotated." The next landing was a 3-point landing and "touchdown and rollout initially were fine." When he applied heel brakes, "the left wheel folded and started flapping" and the airplane yawed to the left. The pilot corrected with right rudder. The pilot said there was insufficient airflow to hold the tail down, and the nose and prop struck the ground. The airplane skidded approximately 10 feet on the nose before nosing over on the runway. Postaccident inspection by a mechanic revealed the left main tire was flat. He said the tire looked normal and "showed no protrusions." The mechanic said the valve stem was "torn from the tube with no indications of dry-rotting in the rubber or misalignment of the tube. There was a small hole, most likely caused by pinching during the rollout of the aircraft with the tube deflated."
Probable Cause: Separation of the landing gear tire valve stem resulting in the left main tire deflating, and the pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN03LA144
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 2001 | N1614K | Private | 0 | Longmont, CO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 07:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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