ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386301
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 January 2001 |
| Time: | 00:35 LT |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2953K |
| MSN: | 5680 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2600 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C85-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Platte, NE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ogallala-Searle Field, NE (OGA/KOGA) |
| North Platte Regional Airport-Lee Bird Field, NE (LBF/KLBF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane contacted a snow bank and nosed over during landing. The pilot reported that he landed the airplane on runway 12 after hearing another airplane depart from that runway. He reported that during the landing, the airplane contacted "black-ice" on the runway and ground looped. The airplane traveled to the left side of the runway where it contacted a snow bank and nosed over. The pilot reported the local winds at the time of the accident were from 300 degrees at 12 knots. The North Platte Regional Airport weather observation, taken 16 minutes after the accident, reported the winds from 010 degrees at 8 knots.
Probable Cause: The inadvertent ground loop. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot selected the wrong runway on which to land, the quartering tailwind, the icy runway, and the snow bank which the airplane contacted.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI01LA065
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2024 13:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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