# NTSB Accident CHI01LA065
> **Luscombe 8E** · 2001-01-16 · North Platte, NE, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01LA065
- **Event ID:** 20010117X00315
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-01-16
- **Location:** North Platte, NE, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.130207, -100.770828
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Luscombe
- **Model:** 8E
- **Registration:** N2953K
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The inadvertent ground loop.  Factors associated with the accident were the pilot selected the wrong runway on which to land, the quartering tailwind, the icy runway, and the snow bank which the airplane contacted.

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*Source: [NTSB CAROL](https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search?source=ntsb&type=event&ntsb_number=CHI01LA065) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*