# Incident 19951022038299I: Luscom 8A, Bushnell, IL, October 22, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1995, 16:45 local time
- Place: Bushnell, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5516° N, 90.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bushnell, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5516&lon=-90.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71542, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71542) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A (registry code 8190120, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951022038299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 22, 1995, ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM AMANA, IOWA, TO BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS, THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE AND LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES FROM BUSHNELL. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN AN INVERTED POSITION WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FUELED AT MACOMB, ILLINOIS, PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT TO AMANA, IOWA. NO FUEL WAS ADDED AT AMANA AND THE ROUND TRIP TOOK APPROXIMATELY 21/2 HOURS. THE PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON CROSS-COUNTRY FUEL REQUIREMENTS.

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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