20040313006809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8 · New Boston, MI · March 13, 2004

Date: March 13, 2004 · 14:00 local
Place: New Boston, MI
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N22013
Reported as: Luscom 8
Reported engine: Continental A65*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 480 total400 in this make and model

N22013Registered now · Luscombe 8S/N 863 · Built 1938 Airframe modelLuscombe 8 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) The pilot departed belleville larsen airpark for carleton, wickenheiser airport for the purpose of purchasing fuel. Larsen airpark does not currently offer fueling service. After about ten minutes of flying time the engine sputtered and stopped. The pilot flew the aircraft to a cornfield, located approximately 3 miles southwest of New Boston, and landed. During rollout he hit soft ground and the aircraft flipped. The pilot was uninjured and extricated himself from the aircraft. Damage to the aircraft was limited to a slightly bent propeller, two small holes in the upper wing surface, a broken antenna, and a dented/crushed upper rudder surface.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED BELLEVILLE LARSEN AIRPARK FOR CARLETON, WICKENHEISER AIRPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING FUEL. LARSEN AIRPARK DOES NOT CURRENTLY OFFER FUELING SERVICE. AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES OF FLYING TIME THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO A CORNFIELD, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BOSTON, AND LANDED. DURING ROLLOUT HE HIT SOFT GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND EXTRICATED HIMSELF FROM THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO A SLIGHTLY BENT PROPELLER, TWO SMALL HOLES IN THE UPPER WING SURFACE, A BROKEN ANTENNA, AND A DENTED/CRUSHED UPPER RUDDER SURFACE.