# Accident 19780102000019A: Luscom 8A, Blythe, CA, January 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1978
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.6192° N, 114.7169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHE (BLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6192&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1910B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1910B) (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: 28 total, 27 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUG08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780102000019A

## 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 LAX78DUG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUG08), Jan 2, 1978: Luscombe 8A (N1910B), Blythe, CA, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.