19891029043439A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Willimantic, CT · October 29, 1989

Date
October 29, 1989 · 11:18 local
Place
Willimantic, CT
Airport
Windham Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1160K
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC90LA019
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Reported engine
Continental A758
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
220 total19 in this make and model6 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 control after liftoff,veered to right,aborted and landed on grass off runway then ground looped into a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL AFTER LIFTOFF,VEERED TO RIGHT,ABORTED AND LANDED ON GRASS OFF RUNWAY THEN GROUND LOOPED INTO A DITCH.

NTSB investigation

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