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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Asheville, NC · June 22, 1988

Date
June 22, 1988 · 18:40 local
Place
Asheville, NC
Airport
Asheville Regional
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1144B
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88FA199
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Reported engine
Continental C9012F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total

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.

Flew into a 37 ft AGL powerline. Crashed and burned. Was flying over a field in a gap between tree covered hills.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO A 37 FT AGL POWERLINE. CRASHED AND BURNED. WAS FLYING OVER A FIELD IN A GAP BETWEEN TREE COVERED HILLS.

NTSB investigation

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