# Accident 20070415832229A: Luscom 8A, Chippewa Falls, WI, April 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2007, 18:30 local time
- Place: Chippewa Falls, WI
- Airport: Rosenbaum Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9933° N, 91.3833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9933&lon=-91.3833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28428, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28428) (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: 410 total, 16 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070415832229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAND PROP HIS AIRCRAFT.  WHILE ATTEMPTING, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AND JUMPED THE CHOKES.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT INTO A FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER CAUISNG SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES.

## 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 CHI07CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA101), Apr 15, 2007: Luscombe 8A (N28428), Chippewa Falls, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot intentionally leaving the airplane unoccupied during the engine start, which resulted in the unoccupied airplane traversing into a cornfield. A factor was the rough/uneven cornfield.

## Other reports on N28428 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850518017981A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850518017981A), May 18, 1985: Luscom 8A (N28428), Columbiana, AL, Substantial damage. Unseen ultralight landed on top of the departing luscomb. Pilot misunderstood groundmans signal to clear 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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