# Accident 19741220043709A: Luscom 8A, Loda, IL, December 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1974
- Place: Loda, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.5149° N, 88.0762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loda, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5149&lon=-88.0762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71446, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71446-2012-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 396 total, 245 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEV16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEV16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741220043709A

## Narrative

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

FWD VERT STABILIZER ATTACHMENT BRACKET NR 28444 BROKE.PART RCVRY FM SPIN HIT GND ABT 25 DEG ANGLE.

## 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 CHI75FEV16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEV16), Dec 20, 1974: Luscombe 8A (N71446), Loda, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N71446 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730826027479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730826027479A), Aug 26, 1973: Luscom 8A (N71446), Schaumburg, IL, Substantial damage. Acft veered off the l side of the rwy struck an embankment 2-3FT hi.

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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