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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom STC8LUSCOM · Marquette, MI · May 4, 1986

Date: May 4, 1986 · 10:00 local
Place: Marquette, MI
Airport: Lake Bermilac
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N17UB
Reported as: Luscom STC8LUSCOM
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total6 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N17UBRegistered now · Luscombe 8ES/N 5947 · Built 1948 Airframe modelLuscombe 8E Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Strong wind caused a pontoon to dig in during water taxi. Aircraft turned over and sank to bottom of the lake.

As the FAA filed it

STRONG WIND CAUSED A PONTOON TO DIG IN DURING WATER TAXI. AIRCRAFT TURNED OVER AND SANK TO BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.