19810422018379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Searles Dry Lak, CA · April 22, 1981

Date
April 22, 1981 · 12:00 local
Place
Searles Dry Lak, CA
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2014B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DUG22
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
599 total599 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed on a dry lake bed to rest. Wheels broke through dry crust. Airplane nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON A DRY LAKE BED TO REST. WHEELS BROKE THROUGH DRY CRUST. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N2014B · 1

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