# Accident 20070114000359A: Luscom 8A, El Paso, TX, January 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2007, 17:52 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8039° N, 106.3733° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8039&lon=-106.3733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1190K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1190K) (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: 4,331 total, 400 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070114000359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 14, 2007, AT 1752 MST, A LUSCOMBE 8A, N1190K, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING AT THE EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EL PASO, TEXAS, WHILE ON A PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BUT THE TWO COMMERCIAL PILOTS ON BOARD WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DEMING, NM, ON JANUARY 14 AT 1630 MST.

## 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 DFW07CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA057), Jan 15, 2007: Luscombe 8A (N1190K), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's foot becoming lodged behind the right rudder pedal which resulted in a loss of directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N1190K (1)

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

- [Accident 19801027068029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801027068029A), Oct 27, 1980: Luscom 8A (N1190K), Belle Vernon, PA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll. Ground-looped on runway.

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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