# Incident 19790421024889I: Luscom 8A, Rosamond, CA, April 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Rosamond, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8641° N, 118.1634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rosamond, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8641&lon=-118.1634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2014B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2014B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 600 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/19790421024889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF WITH THE ENGINE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. MUSHED BACK TO THE GROUND BEYOND THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2014B (1)

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

- [Accident 19810422018379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810422018379A), Apr 22, 1981: Luscom 8A (N2014B), Searles Dry Lak, CA, Substantial damage. Landed on a dry lake bed to rest. Wheels broke through dry crust. Airplane nosed over.

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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