# Accident 20030821021749A: Luscom 8A, Macon, MO, August 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2003, 16:00 local time
- Place: Macon, MO
- Airport: Macon-Fower Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7286° N, 92.4644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7286&lon=-92.4644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25342, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25342-2024-09-21) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030821021749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING MACON, MO (K89) FROM THE WEST AS THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN THE VICINITY. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 20 WITH ALL THREE WHEELS. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE OVER CORRECTED FOR THE CONDITIONS AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE RIGHT WING TIP CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TREE CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SPIN AROUND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIP, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BEHIND THE PASSENGER DOOR.

## 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 CHI03LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA292), Aug 21, 2003: Luscombe 8A (N25342), Macon, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper use of the rudder, which resulted in directional control not being maintained during the landing. A factor to the accident was the crosswind gust.

## Other reports on N25342 (3)

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

- [Accident 20230220001209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230220001209A), Feb 20, 2023: Luscombe 8A (N25342), Guthrie, OK, Substantial damage. On February 20, 2023 at approximately 1100 hours CST, a 1940 Luscombe 8A tail dragger [privacy data omitted] was on a student pilot solo flight and landed on…
- [Accident 20081003851129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081003851129A), Oct 3, 2008: Luscom 8A (N25342), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 3rd 2008, at 10:45, N25342, a Luscom 8A, ground looped while performing touch and goes at Greeley Weld county airport (gxy), Colorado. The…
- [Incident 19830806044009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806044009I), Aug 6, 1983: Luscom 8A (N25342), Loveland, CO, Minor damage. Lost directional control landing on taxiway parallel to runway. Airport manager approved. Main runway closed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.