# Incident 19990509034499I: Luscom 8A, Albuquerque, NM, May 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1999, 15:32 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Coronado Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1960° N, 106.5756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Coronado Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1960&lon=-106.5756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45740, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45740) (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: 1,100 total, 241 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990509034499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/09/99, APPROX. 1532 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A LUSCOMBE 8A (N45740), OPERATED BY ITS OWNER, MR. ARRON L. TAYLOR, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED-OVER DURING LANDING AT THE CORONADO AIRPORT (4AC), ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE, SINGLE & MULTIENGINE, LAND & INSTRUMENT - AIRPLANE, RATING(S).  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT WHICH DEPARTED CORONADO AIRPORT (4AC), ALBUQUERQUE, NM, UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED DURING GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE FLIGHT CONTROLS LOST EFFECTIVENESS, HE BEGAN TO APPLY HEEL BRAKES TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  AS HE SLOWED, HE FELT ON BRAKE "GRAB" AND THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED.

## Other reports on N45740 (3)

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

- [Incident 19891020055879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891020055879I), Oct 20, 1989: Luscom 8A (N45740), San Simon, AZ, Minor damage. Elected to make precautionary landing. Landed downwind and aircraft flipped onto its back. Windsock not visible.
- [Accident 19810628040789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810628040789A), Jun 28, 1981: Luscom 8A (N45740), El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff. Ground-looped off runway. Reported airplane encountered whirl-wind.
- [Accident 19740512010439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740512010439A), May 12, 1974: Luscom 8A (N45740), Fabens, TX, Substantial damage. Brake linings found contaminated with hvy crust of carbon dust,grease,residue and dirt

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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