ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296944
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 July 2002 |
| Time: | 09:30 LT |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8F |
| Owner/operator: | Paul V Graves |
| Registration: | N840B |
| MSN: | 6772 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1843 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-90-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farmington, Missouri -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Farmington Regional Airport, MO (FAM/KFAM) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane nosed over during landing. The pilot stated that during the landing roll he, "heard a double clunking sound [and] felt my upper body go forward [and] the tail wheel lifted." He said that the airplane skidded nose down before ultimately nosing over. The pilot reported that the brake clip that holds the brake disk in place, "came off and lodged in the wheel causing an abrupt [and] harsh drag on [the] right wheel." The pilot listed having 482 hours of experience is the same make and model airplane as the accident airplane.
Probable Cause: The locked brake and the aircraft control not being possible due to the locked brake.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02LA204
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 September 1993 | N840B | Private | 0 | Festus, MO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 12:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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