19871230080519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8A · Pontiac, MI · December 30, 1987

Date
December 30, 1987 · 16:27 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45890
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
419 total2 in this make and model28 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.

Lost directional control on rollout. Tail came up. Propeller cowling and left wing tip struck the runway.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. TAIL CAME UP. PROPELLER COWLING AND LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY.