# Accident 20000727011319A: Luscom 8A, Kingfisher, OK, July 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2000, 17:55 local time
- Place: Kingfisher, OK
- Airport: Kingfisher Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8403° N, 97.9300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8403&lon=-97.9300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71620, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71620-2000-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Reported engine: CONT A658F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 923 total, 139 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000727011319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE THIRD AND FINAL APPROACH TO RWY. 17, KINGFISHER, OK. (F92), WITH SQUALL LINE APPROACHING, A/C SUDDENLY BEGAN SINKING AND AIRSPEED DROPPED. PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND COULD NOT STOP DESCENT. A/C IMPACTED GROUND IN LEVEL ATTITUDE APPROX. 100 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY. PILOT SAID SQUALL LINE WAS APPROACHING WITH A FEW RAIN DROPS ON WINDSHIELD. AS THE A/C BEGAN SINKING THERE WAS HEAVY RAIN. (.4)VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS MOVING TOWARD THE AIRPORT.  DURING THE FINAL APPROACH APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER; HOWEVER, IT DID NOT KEEP THE AIRPLANE FROM DESCENDING TO THE TERRAIN.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW00LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA221), Jul 27, 2000: Luscombe 8A (N71620), Kingfisher, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the downdraft weather condition.

## Other reports on N71620 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740828034799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740828034799A), Aug 28, 1974: Luscom 8A (N71620), Fergus Falls, MN, Substantial damage. Lndd in soft sand field.

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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