# Incident 20001022017329I: Luscom 8A, Apalachicola, FL, October 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Apalachicola, FL
- Airport: Apalachicola Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7275° N, 85.0275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7275&lon=-85.0275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45509, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45509-2012-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001022017329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED: LANDING ON RWY 13 A WIND GUST HIT THE A/C, PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN RUNWAY HEADING, A/C LEFT RUNWAY AND HIT A DITCH.

## Other reports on N45509 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980726028509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980726028509I), Jul 26, 1998: Luscom 8A (N45509), Apalachicola, FL. Pilot stated that after touchdown he noticed it was hard to maintain centerline and that the aircraft then veered off the the left side. After hitting the 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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