# Incident 19780526040209I: Luscom 8A, Fremont, CA, May 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1978, 19:30 local time
- Place: Fremont, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5483° N, 121.9886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fremont, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5483&lon=-121.9886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71195 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 27 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780526040209I

## Narrative

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

TAIL TIEDOWN CHAIN BROKE AFTER PLANE WAS PROPPED. MOVED FORWARD STRIKING 7917Z AND 7250S WHICH WERE PARKED.

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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