# Incident 20060527007939I: Luscom 8A, Du Bois, PA, May 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Du Bois, PA
- Airport: Du Bois-Jefferson County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1222° N, 78.7551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DuBois, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1222&lon=-78.7551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71707, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71707-2021-03-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,550 total, 210 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060527007939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) GENERAL AVIATION INCIDENT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, PA, 5/27/06, N71707, A LUSCOMBE 8A, LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONDED AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND STUDENT WERE REPORTED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AN OIL LINE TO A DIRECT READING OIL PRESSURE GAUGE BROKE, CAUSING OIL TO BE SPRAYED INTO THE COCKPIT. AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE IN A FARMER'S FIELD, 3 MILES WEST OF THE DUBOIS AIRPORT (DUJ) PA. THE PILOT AND HIS STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N71707 (1)

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

- [Accident 20191119018979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191119018979A), Nov 19, 2019: Luscombe 8A (N71707), Brogue, PA, Substantial damage. As the aircraft was approaching the airport from the southeast, the aircraft's landing gear hit electrical wires causing the aircraft to crash approx. 1200…

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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