# Accident 19760224004409A: Luscom 8A, Mesa, AZ, February 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1976
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45694, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45694) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 35 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUJ63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760224004409A

## Narrative

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

4 ENG ACFT RUNUP PERPENDICULAR TO TAXIWAY FLIPPED SMALL ACFT ON BACK.

## 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 LAX76DUJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUJ63), Feb 24, 1976: Luscombe 8A (N45694), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N45694 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780720041219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780720041219A), Jul 20, 1978: Luscom 8E (N45694), Farmington, NM, Substantial damage. Req placard for carb heat for t/o & climb not installed. Carb heatb found in the off position.

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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