NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ERA24LA396
Registry · N2952K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LUSCOMBE 8A
Year of manufacture
1947 · 77 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19971004
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A30AB5
Registrant of record
CLOUDBASE ASSETS LTD
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a direct crosswind.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that while landing, he encountered a direct crosswind from the left. The pilot attempted to correct the landing, however, when the right wheel touched down, the airplane entered a ground loop. The airplane began to skid down the runway sideways towards a taxiway. Subsequently, the right wing lifted, the left main gear collapsed, and the left wing contacted the pavement which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 07 and he reported winds from 320 at 11 knots “with direct crosswind up to 14” knots. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Identification/recognition-Pilot
- — Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-Crosswind-Decision related to condition
- — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2024_ERA24LA396.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 · Conference paper
Concurrent Sessions: Session 8A - Technology in Aviation
- arXiv 2020 · arXiv preprint
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