19790101000029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8E · Yuma, AZ · January 1, 1979

Date
January 1, 1979 · 13:37 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Airport
Yuma Mcas
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1308B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUJ33
Reported as
Luscom 8E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
761 total79 in this make and model48 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.

Pilot got nose so low on takeoff roll that the prop hit the runway and the aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GOT NOSE SO LOW ON TAKEOFF ROLL THAT THE PROP HIT THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.