N2604K is a 1947 Luscombe 8E. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Cont Motor C85 series rated at 85 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in No Little Rock, AR. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Feb 1956. It has been registered to its current owner since Aug 1973. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 79 years old
- 1 of 334 Luscombe 8E
1973
1956
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According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, he landed on the turf runway and the airplane began to drift left. He made a right rudder pedal input that did not counter the left drift, and he adjusted his foot on the right rudder pedal so that he could apply differential braking. However, he reported that, "my shoe was caught between the rudder pedal and the sheet metal fairing on the floorboard that covers the rudder pedal bell cranks," preventing him from applying differential braking. The airplane exited the runway to the left, ground looped to the left, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing spar and right aileron.
The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
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