| Crash location | 39.930556°N, 84.025834°W |
| Nearest city | New Carlisle, OH
39.936170°N, 84.025491°W 0.4 miles away |
| Tail number | N2305K |
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| Accident date | 31 Aug 2018 |
| Aircraft type | Luscombe 8 |
| Additional details: | None |
On August 31, 2018, about 1400 eastern daylight time, a Luscombe 8E, N2305K, made a forced landing shortly after takeoff from Andy Barnhart Memorial Airport (3OH0), New Carlisle, Ohio. The private pilot was seriously injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local area personal flight that was departing at the time of the accident.
The pilot reported that he purchased the airplane on August 10, 2018, and that he had flown with a flight instructor to regain familiarity with the airplane. The pilot stated that the accident occurred shortly after takeoff from runway 27 (2,000 ft by 30 ft) at 3OH0. He noted that the airplane was slow to achieve liftoff from the runway, and about 75 ft above the ground the engine began to run rough. The pilot briefly applied carburetor heat, but he quickly deselected carburetor heat after he observed an increase in engine roughness. The pilot stated that a total loss of engine power occurred shortly after he deselected carburetor heat, and that he made a forced landing to a nearby nursery located immediately west of the airport. The airplane landed hard in uneven terrain, collapsing both main landing gear and damaging the right wing. The airplane came to rest in an upright nose-down attitude, about 0.5 miles west of the departure end of runway 27.
A postaccident review of available meteorological data established that day visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site. The nearest aviation weather reporting station was located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO) about 7 miles north of the accident site. At 1356, about 4 minutes before the accident, the FFO automated surface observing system reported: wind 230° at 3 knots, 10 miles surface visibility, few clouds at 3,800 ft above ground level, temperature 29°C, dew point 20°C, and an altimeter setting 30.15 inches of mercury.