19880726030819I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8E · Byers, CO · July 26, 1988

Date
July 26, 1988 · 18:15 local
Place
Byers, CO
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1118B
Reported as
Luscom 8E
Reported engine
Continental C858
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total280 in this make and model10 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.

Washed down airplane prior to flight. Drained water from fuel system. Engine quit en route. Water left in fuel.

As the FAA filed it

WASHED DOWN AIRPLANE PRIOR TO FLIGHT. DRAINED WATER FROM FUEL SYSTEM. ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. WATER LEFT IN FUEL.