# Accident 19820814040519A: Luscom 8E, Timberdon, NM, August 14, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1982, 16:30 local time
- Place: Timberdon, NM
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2996K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2996K-2012-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/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
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 222 total, 15 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FQD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQD12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820814040519A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF, CRASHED INTO TREES. RECOMMENDED RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF WAS 12.

## 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 FTW82FQD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQD12), Aug 14, 1982: Luscombe 8E (N2996K), Timberon, NM, destroyed

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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