# Accident 19770123001309A: Luscom 8D, Calipatria, CA, January 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1977
- Place: Calipatria, CA
- Airport: Calipatria
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.1687° N, 115.4856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Calipatria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1687&lon=-115.4856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28407, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28407-1977-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8D (registry code 8190110, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUM13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770123001309A

## Narrative

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

STEEP CLIMB AFTER TKOF.

## 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 LAX77FUM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUM13), Jan 23, 1977: Luscombe 8D (N28407), Calipatria, CA, 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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