# Incident 19951017037939I: Luscom 8E, Gilbertsville, PA, October 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1995, 18:05 local time
- Place: Gilbertsville, PA
- Airport: Drewniany Springmeadow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3054° N, 75.5341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Drewniany-Springmeadow Airport (PA85), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3054&lon=-75.5341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1902K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1902K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 616 total, 35 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951017037939I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTS HE WAS LANDING AT PA85 ON RUNWAY 33 WITH NO WIND, LANDING WAS NORMAL AND HE DIDN'T USE THE BRAKES SINCE IT APPEARED TO HIM HE HAD SUFFICIENT RUNWAY LENGTH TO COAST DOWN TO TAXI SPEED. HE ATTEMPTED TO USE AN AREA OF TALLER GRASS AT THE END OF RUNWAY TO TURN AROUND WHEN HE STRUCK A SMALL 8" DEEP DITCH AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO BREAK AT THE ATTACH POINT. ADDITIONALLY THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED. NO ACTION REQUIRED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THE INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N1902K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110503007109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110503007109A), May 3, 2011: Luscombe 8E (N1902K), Apex, NC, Substantial damage. At approximately 1415 on 05/03/11, N1902K landed at NC11, a private grass air field. On roll out pilot applied brakes and aircraft nosed over with propeller…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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