# Incident 19800724062969I: Luscom 8E, Raleigh, NC, July 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1980, 18:04 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7721° N, 78.6386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raleigh, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7721&lon=-78.6386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39031, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39031) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 350 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/19800724062969I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BLEW OVER WHILE TAXIING BEHIND JET AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N39031 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110521009289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110521009289I), May 21, 2011: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E (N39031), Schaumburg, IL, Minor damage. Pilot of N39031 was taxing to the ramp for fuel and struck a portable helipad with left main gear. Helipad was parked further out on ramp than usual by private…

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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