19851006053369I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8E · Boulder City, NV · October 6, 1985

Date
October 6, 1985 · 12:00 local
Place
Boulder City, NV
Airport
Boulder City
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1783K
Reported as
Luscom 8E
Reported engine
Continental C8512F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
88 total1 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Student was practicing taxiing when tail wheel lifted and control was lost. Aircraft struck embankment.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT WAS PRACTICING TAXIING WHEN TAIL WHEEL LIFTED AND CONTROL WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT STRUCK EMBANKMENT.