19791008051859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8A · El Mirage, CA · October 8, 1979

Date
October 8, 1979 · 15:30 local
Place
El Mirage, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N71008
Reported as
Luscom 8A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
475 total7 in this make and model0 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.

Flat tire rolled up in the wheel fairing, pilot unable to keep it straight.

As the FAA filed it

FLAT TIRE ROLLED UP IN THE WHEEL FAIRING, PILOT UNABLE TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT.