Luscombe 8C accident near Mount Carmel, IL
On July 25, 2009, a Luscombe 8C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mount Carmel, IL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 25, 2009
- Place
- Mount Carmel, IL
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.410°N, 87.770°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090728X01730
Official records · CEN09LA466
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 25, 2009, at 1525 central daylight time, a Luscombe 8C, N37080, owned and piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain about 1/2 mile south of Beckerman Field Airport (5LL0), Mount Carmel, Illinois. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight last departed from Henderson City-County Airport, Henderson, Kentucky (EHR) and was en route to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot landed at EHR to wait for the weather to improve. The pilot then departed but later returned to EHR because rain showers/convective activity. A fuel invoice from a fixed base operator at EHR had a time stamp of 1254 and indicated that the airplane was fueled with 13.4 gallons of 100 low lead aviation fuel. A witness stated she was driving along route 15 heading towards Mt. Carmel when she saw a white colored airplane off to her front right side. The airplane headed towards route 15 then circled towards Mount Carmel. The airplane headed south and was then turning towards the north. The airplane never crossed route 15. The airplane was “rocking and tipping” and the witness thought it was a remote control airplane. She said that it appeared as if it was “going down.” When she first saw the airplane its altitude was "a little” above the trees. The airplane circled above the trees and she thought the airplane was trying to make a U-turn. The airplane was turning with one wing in the air and the other one was down. When the w
Probable cause
The reason for this accident was not determined.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
