# Accident 19831112056999A: Luscom 8A, Casa Grande, AZ, November 12, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1983, 09:20 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1186B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1186B-2012-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Reported engine: CONT C7512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 774 total, 0 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831112056999A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING LOW LEVEL MANEUVERS DESCRIBED AS AG TURN JUST BEFORE CRASH.

## 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 LAX84LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA059), Nov 12, 1983: Luscombe 8A (N1186B), Casa Grande, AZ, 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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