19791027027899A

Accident

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Patterson, CA · October 27, 1979

Date
October 27, 1979 · 10:30 local
Place
Patterson, CA
Airport
Patterson
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N28485
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DVA04
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,160 total480 in this make and model12 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.

Passenger deplaned for physiological needs while acft prop was turning. Lost balance, put arm in propeller arc.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER DEPLANED FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS WHILE ACFT PROP WAS TURNING. LOST BALANCE, PUT ARM IN PROPELLER ARC.

NTSB investigation

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