# Incident 20060226004159I: Luscom 8A, Daytona Beach, FL, February 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2006, 18:45 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45484, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45484) (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
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 182 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060226004159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2/26/06 SOLE OCCUPANT AND PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT, DAYTONA BEACH FL. THE WIND WAS FROM 020 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS. WHEN HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE IT GROUND LOOPED AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AND WHEN HE DID THE AIRPLANE TIPPED UP ON THE NOSE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. FAA INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^ INVESTIGATED THIS INCIDENT AT DAYTONA BEACH FL., ON 2/27/06.

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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