# Accident 19800107000329A: Luscom 8E, Hialeah, FL, January 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Hialeah, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8699° N, 80.3029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hialeah, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8699&lon=-80.3029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47BM-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E (registry code 8190128, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKT11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800107000329A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH. TRIED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD. AIRPLANE HIT TRASH PILE ON ROLL-OUT. CONTAMINATED FUEL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80FKT11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT11), Jan 7, 1980: Luscombe 8E (N47BM), Hialeah, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N47BM (1)

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

- [Accident 19850826041219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850826041219A), Aug 26, 1985: Luscom 8C (N47BM), Ocala, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Spun in during steep turn after takeoff. Pilot made steep, uncoordinated turns before, according to another pilot.

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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