# Accident 20030126027649A: Luscom 8F, Newport, ME, January 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2003, 13:10 local time
- Place: Newport, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8200° N, 69.2383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8200&lon=-69.2383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1484B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1484B-2003-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8F (registry code 8190114, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8F
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,337 total, 800 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030126027649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1/26/2003 AT 13:10 LOCAL TIME A LUSCOMB N1484B PILOTED BY JERRY E. CARLYLE CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1341404 AS THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT NEWPORT SKYPARK, NEWPORT, ME. PRIOR TO THE CRASH MR. CARLYLE WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 2000 FEET WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. WHILE TRYING TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREES ABOUT 40 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE SNOW BANK ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MID-FIELD. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE #1 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE. MR. CARLYLE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 NYC03LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA044), Jan 26, 2003: Luscombe 8F (N1484B), Newport, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of a the cylinder wall.

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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