Lawrence County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lawrenceburg, Tennessee 38464
Saturday, November 1, 2003 13:00 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot stated he entered the traffic pattern for runway 17 at Lawrence County Airport, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. The prevailing winds were calm as the pilot made a 3-point landing on the runway. On the landing roll out, a gust of wind picked up the left wing and the airplane veered to the right. He put in opposite rudder correction but lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane continued to the right, collapsed the left main landing gear with a side load, and the left wing collided with the runway. No wind gusts were being reported at the time of the accident.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout resulting in the airplane veering to the right and collapsing the left main landing gear with a side load.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/1/2003
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1300
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City Lawrenceburg
Event State TENNESSEE
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 38464
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator --
On Ground Collision occurred ? --
Event Location Latitude 351449N
Event Location Longitude 0871528W
Event Location Airport Lawrence County Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 2M2
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 936
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1353 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 30
Weather Observation Facility ID BNA
Elevation of weather observation facility 495
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 72
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 1700
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 26
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 170
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.26
Density Altitude (feet) 1603
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 17097
NTSB Notification Source FAA Communications Center
NTSB Notification Date Nov 1 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1741
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jan 27 2005 3:52PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Nashville FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9929C
NTSB Number ATL04LA032
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Luscombe
Aircraft Model 8F
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number S-33
Certified Max Gross Weight 1400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 12 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 32
Airframe Hours 1378
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Lynn Wolf
Aircraft Owner Street Address 900 Dories Lane
Aircraft Owner City Lewisburg
Aircraft Owner State TN
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 37091
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Gary J. Wolf
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 900 Dories Lane
Operator City Lewisburg
Operator State TN
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 37091
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code LUG
Departure City Lewisburg
Departure State TN
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1230
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code 2M2
Destination City Lawrenceburg
Destination State TN
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2004 1:22PM
User who most recently changed record POWP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 17
Runway Length 5003
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --