# Incident 20010304008649I: Luscom 8A, Coolidge, AZ, March 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2001, 15:10 local time
- Place: Coolidge, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9778° N, 111.5176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coolidge, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9778&lon=-111.5176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1179K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1179K) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 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/20010304008649I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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