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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8E · Pacoima, CA · March 7, 1978

Date: March 7, 1978 · 17:45 local
Place: Pacoima, CA
Airport: Whiteman
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1217B
Reported as: Luscom 8E
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1217BRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Luscombe 8ES/N 5844 · Built 1947 Airframe modelLuscombe 8E Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot hand propped his airplane, it started, rammed two parked airplanes, then stopped.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED HIS AIRPLANE, IT STARTED, RAMMED TWO PARKED AIRPLANES, THEN STOPPED.

Other reports on N1217B · 1

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

Accident 19941220041901ALevel Off Touchdown · Hemet, CABounced landing. Lost control. Veered off runway striking N7112V that was on taxiway for engine runup.Dec 20, 1994 · Substantial damage