# Accident 19770806024569A: Luscom 8E, Shreveport, LA, August 6, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1977
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Lucien
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.3872° N, 93.7353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lucien Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3872&lon=-93.7353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2480K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2480K-2023-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 929 total, 6 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FRJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRJ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770806024569A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE COWL CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT.

## 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 FTW77FRJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRJ15), Aug 6, 1977: Luscombe 8E (N2480K), Shreveport, LA, destroyed

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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