19940125024169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8A · Marion, OH · January 25, 1994

Date: January 25, 1994 · 13:25 local
Place: Marion, OH
Phase of flight: Scud Running
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N122SK
Reported as: Luscom 8A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

Narrative: on January 25, 1994, the pilot departed bellefontaine, Ohio enroute to Marion, Ohio. During this flight the meteorological conditions were generally zero to 200 feet, 1/2 mile light rain and fog. Maintaining VFR flight below the clouds necessitated flight so low that the plane's right wing struck a railroad crossing sign damaging that wing, violating minimum safe altitudes.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 25, 1994, THE PILOT DEPARTED BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO ENROUTE TO MARION, OHIO. DURING THIS FLIGHT THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY ZERO TO 200 FEET, 1/2 MILE LIGHT RAIN AND FOG. MAINTAINING VFR FLIGHT BELOW THE CLOUDS NECESSITATED FLIGHT SO LOW THAT THE PLANE'S RIGHT WING STRUCK A RAILROAD CROSSING SIGN DAMAGING THAT WING, VIOLATING MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDES.