# Incident 19781231019939I: Luscom 8A, San Jose, CA, December 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1978, 15:04 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid Hillview
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77819, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77819) (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: 100 total, 25 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/19781231019939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OBSERVED NO OIL PRESSURE DURING CLIMBOUT. HAD JUST CHANGED OIL. PUMP MAY NOT HAVE REGAINED PRIME.

## Other reports on N77819 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790203004719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790203004719I), Feb 3, 1979: Luscom 8A (N77819), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Hard landing resulted in right gear breaking off while taxiing.

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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