# Accident 19850515017069A: Luscom 8A, Astatula, FL, May 15, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1985, 17:15 local time
- Place: Astatula, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7073° N, 81.7342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Astatula, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7073&lon=-81.7342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71909, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71909-1988-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A (registry code 8190120, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 152 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850515017069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE CROP DUSTING TYPE PASS AND PULLED UP STEEPLY. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED GROUND VIRTUALLY NOSE FIRST.

## 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 MIA85FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA170), May 15, 1985: Silvaire Luscombe 8A (N71909), Astatula, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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