19780124004629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8A · Elmwood, WI · January 24, 1978

Date
January 24, 1978 · 14:00 local
Place
Elmwood, WI
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1162B
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total275 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Main gear broke thru ice while taxiing on snow covered taxiway. Damage to prop, cowling, engine mount.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN GEAR BROKE THRU ICE WHILE TAXIING ON SNOW COVERED TAXIWAY. DAMAGE TO PROP, COWLING, ENGINE MOUNT.