# Accident 19730219003199A: Luscom 8E, Meddybemps, ME, February 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1973
- Place: Meddybemps, ME
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 45.0296° N, 67.3660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (66B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0296&lon=-67.3660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1740K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1740K-1982-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 37 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73DNC53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNC53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730219003199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TAXI THE LEFT SKI WENT UNDER CRUSTED SNW ACFT NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC73DNC53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNC53), Feb 19, 1973: Luscombe 8E (N1740K), Meddybemps, ME, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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