# Incident 19980823021489I: Luscom 8A, Alamogordo, NM, August 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1998, 19:46 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regiona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8394° N, 105.9911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALAMOGORDO-WHITE SANDS RGNL (ALM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8394&lon=-105.9911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1116K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1116K) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 250 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980823021489I

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED HARD, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF, AND THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY.  (-5)ON AUGUST 23, 1998 AT 1946 MDT A LUSCOMBE 8-A, N1116K, WONED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN A HARD LANDING INCIDENT AT ALAMOGORDO AIRPORT, ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO.  THE ATP RATED PILOT ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ALAMOGORDO AIRPORT ON AUGUST 23, 1998 AT 1845 MDT.

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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