# Accident 19770710023429A: Luscom 8A, Colorado Sprgs, CO, July 10, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1977
- Place: Colorado Sprgs, CO
- Airport: Meadowlake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.9428° N, 104.5699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOW LAKE (FLY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9428&lon=-104.5699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1130B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1130B-1990-10-16) (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: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77DTE65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770710023429A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TO STRETCH GLIDE.

## 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 DEN77DTE65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE65), Jul 10, 1977: Luscombe 8E (N1130B), Colorado Sprgs, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1130B (2)

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

- [Accident 19870201001629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870201001629A), Feb 1, 1987: Luscom 8A (N1130B), Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. Plane ground looped on landing. Left rudder cable failed from fatigue cracking. Student used expired cert BB3387406
- [Incident 19830617032749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830617032749I), Jun 17, 1983: Luscom 8E (N1130B), Minden, NV, Minor damage. 25 Knot crosswind blew aircraft off runway on takeoff. Wind exceeded aircraft crosswind component.

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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