# Accident 19771203042799A: Luscom 8A, Pittsfield, IL, December 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1977
- Place: Pittsfield, IL
- Airport: Penstone
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 39.6005° N, 90.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6005&lon=-90.8101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41907, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41907-2017-07-06) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 2 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEV10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEV10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771203042799A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78DEV10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEV10), Dec 3, 1977: Luscombe 8A (N41907), Pittsfield, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N41907 (1)

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

- [Accident 20111008022659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111008022659A), Oct 8, 2011: Luscombe 8A (N41907), Quitman, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 10/08/2011 at 15:30 iwas called by the atlanta FAA center and told that an aircraft accident that had occurred at 14:51 in Thomasville, GA., 8 miles north…

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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