# Incident 20000626032779I: Luscom 8A, Des Moines, IA, June 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2000, 19:20 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71134, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71134-2001-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Pilot flight hours: 1,041 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000626032779I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE LL-8-A (LUSCOME) AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI BEHIND A KING AIR WHICH HAD RECEIVED A CLEARANCE FOR A MAINTENANCE RUN 20 MINUTES EARLIER. LUSCOME AIRCRAFT STOPPED PRIOR TO TAXING BEHIND AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER HIGH SETTING.  LUSCOME CONTINUED TAXI AND PASSED BEHIND THE KING AIR AS THE KING AIR WENT FULL POWER.  THE TAIL AND THE LEFT WING OF THE LUSCOME LIFTED INTO THE AIR AND SLAMMED BACK INTO THE RAMP CAUSING THE TAIL WHEEL BRACKET TO BREAK. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE INTERVIEWED ALL RECORDS WERE IN ORDER.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.  INCIDENT #ICE0120000027.

## Other reports on N71134 (1)

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

- [Accident 20001103041019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001103041019A), Nov 3, 2000: N71134, Des Moines, IA, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23)Aircraft N71134, a 1946 Luscombe 8A enroute to Des Moines from the northeast, contacted Des Moines approach control and was instructed to fly down center…

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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