# Incident 19790721021049I: Luscom 8E, Houston, TX, July 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: White Oaks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2301K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2301K-1991-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 90 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/19790721021049I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. GEAR SUPPORT WIRE BROKE AT WELD.

## Other reports on N2301K (1)

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

- [Accident 19881126052239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881126052239A), Nov 26, 1988: Luscom 8E (N2301K), Port Lavaca, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed into roof of a house at night in near zero IMC. Combination of weather and drugs in pilots system factors.

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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