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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8A · Coolidge, AZ · March 4, 2001

Date: March 4, 2001 · 15:10 local
Place: Coolidge, AZ
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1179K
Reported as: Luscom 8A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 15,000 total1,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N1179KRegistered now · Luscombe 8AS/N 3906 · Built 1946 Airframe modelLuscombe 8A Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Airman holds an asel rating at the ATP level. He is president of the Luscombe foundation in phoenix, AZ. He is also an A&P mechanic with IA. Airman was PIC (of a Luscombe) during atakeoff incident in Coolidge, AZ (private strip). Aircraft sustained damage to landing gear during takeoff from an alfalfa field (mowed flat) when a depression was hit at rotation. The aircraft was airborne and was flown to the chandler airport (chd), in chandler, AZ.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRMAN HOLDS AN ASEL RATING AT THE ATP LEVEL. HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION IN PHOENIX, AZ. HE IS ALSO AN A&P MECHANIC WITH IA. AIRMAN WAS PIC (OF A LUSCOMBE) DURING ATAKEOFF INCIDENT IN COOLIDGE, AZ (PRIVATE STRIP). AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR DURING TAKEOFF FROM AN ALFALFA FIELD (MOWED FLAT) WHEN A DEPRESSION WAS HIT AT ROTATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE AND WAS FLOWN TO THE CHANDLER AIRPORT (CHD), IN CHANDLER, AZ.