19791230036539A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8E · Pulaski, VA · December 30, 1979

Date
December 30, 1979 · 10:00 local
Place
Pulaski, VA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N45765
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD80DID07
Reported as
Luscom 8E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
298 total153 in this make and model8 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.

Touched down a few feet short of runway. Gear tie rod failed at weld. Acft veered into a tree.

As the FAA filed it

TOUCHED DOWN A FEW FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY. GEAR TIE ROD FAILED AT WELD. ACFT VEERED INTO A TREE.

NTSB investigation

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