Injury Plane Crash Spanaway Airport Spanaway WA

October 18, 2003. The elderly pilot caught the chain link fence at the end of the runway causing the plane to flip hard. Although serious injuries, I do believe the pilot survived the crash at this small pierce county airport. I do not know the make of this vintage aircraft so I'm asking for help in identifying it. Is it a Stinson? The Pierce County sheriff and the FAA investigated the accident. Central Pierce Fire and Rescue responded to the scene.

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[flyergp65]

Thats a 1946 Luscombe Aircraft

[VX2100DV]

@flyergp65 Thank you.

[flyergp65]

On October 18, 2003, about 1530 Pacific daylight time, a Luscombe 8E airplane, N1806K

During a telephone conversation October 22, the pilot reported that during landing approach, just before touchdown, the airplane's tail wheel caught the top of a chain link fence that runs perpendicular to runway 16. He stated that the airplane consequently impacted terrain and nosed over.The pilot reported that the winds were from the south at 12 knots when the accident occurred.