# Accident 19731010037639A: Luscom 8A, Natchez, MS, October 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1973
- Place: Natchez, MS
- Airport: Natchez Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 31.5841° N, 91.3814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Natchez Air Park, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5841&lon=-91.3814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45915, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45915-1974-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A (registry code 8190120, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731010037639A

## Narrative

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

ENG CUT OUT ON TKOF,PLT CONT FLT.LOST CTL DRG ATTMPTD RET TO FLD.

## 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 MIA74AM030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM030), Oct 10, 1973: Luscombe 8A (N45915), Natchez, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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