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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8A · Phoenix, AZ · February 23, 1986

Date
February 23, 1986 · 10:36 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Deer Valley
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45978
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Reported engine
Continental A658
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,950 total30 in this make and model0 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.

Landed in a clearing after engine quit in cruise. Incorrect spring in mixture valve, float seat not safety wired.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN A CLEARING AFTER ENGINE QUIT IN CRUISE. INCORRECT SPRING IN MIXTURE VALVE, FLOAT SEAT NOT SAFETY WIRED.