# Incident 19970316009059I: Luscom 8A, Fort Pierce, FL, March 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1997, 11:27 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1186K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1186K-2012-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970316009059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32. AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT THEN LEFT AS LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED. INSPECTION OF LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCTURE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF OVERLOAD FAILURE. THERE WAS NO VISUAL EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE FAILURE. THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SCUFFED TO THE EDGE OF THE WHEEL. WINDS AT TIME OF INCIDENT WERE 010 AT 11 KNOTS.

## Other reports on N1186K (1)

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

- [Accident 19791208032019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791208032019A), Dec 8, 1979: Luscom 8A (N1186K), Ft Bidwell, CA, Substantial damage. Lndg acft struck boulders holding down x markers in middle of closed rwy. Markernot seen from air. NOTAM issued .

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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