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Incident

FAA incident report · Luscom 8A · Erie, CO · March 16, 2002

Date: March 16, 2002 · 10:15 local
Place: Erie, CO
Airport: Tri-County Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N1350K
Reported as: Luscom 8A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N1350KRegistered now · Luscombe 8AS/N 4077 · Built 1946 Airframe modelLuscombe 8A Engine modelContinental C85-12FReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) At approximately 1015AM mountain standard time, on March 16, 2002 at the Erie, Colorado, Tri-County Airport (48V), Mr. Roberts was observed hand-propping a Luscombe model 8-A. There was no one in the cockpit at the controls. The FAA inspector, conducting normal surveillance, intervened and stopped the action until appropriately qualified personnel were at the controls of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1015AM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, ON MARCH 16, 2002 AT THE ERIE, COLORADO, TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT (48V), MR. ROBERTS WAS OBSERVED HAND-PROPPING A LUSCOMBE MODEL 8-A. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE COCKPIT AT THE CONTROLS. THE FAA INSPECTOR, CONDUCTING NORMAL SURVEILLANCE, INTERVENED AND STOPPED THE ACTION UNTIL APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL WERE AT THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N1350K · 1

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

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