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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8E · Carthage, NY · August 13, 1985

Date
August 13, 1985 · 12:50 local
Place
Carthage, NY
Airport
Carthage
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2661K
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC85LA209
Reported as
Luscom 8E
Reported engine
Continental C8512
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,453 total278 in this make and model12 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.

Engine ran rough, quit on final. Hit brush,then ground in nose low attitude. Too badly damaged to determine cause.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RAN ROUGH, QUIT ON FINAL. HIT BRUSH,THEN GROUND IN NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. TOO BADLY DAMAGED TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

NTSB investigation

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