# Accident 20090725017409A: Luscom 8C, Mount Carmel, IL, July 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2009, 14:50 local time
- Place: Mount Carmel, IL
- Airport: Beckerman Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4098° N, 87.7700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4098&lon=-87.7700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37080, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37080-2010-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8C (registry code 8190108, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8C
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,309 total, 397 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA466](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA466) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090725017409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N37080, A LUSCOMBE 8C AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM HENDERSON, KY TO DWIGHT, IL IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF BECKERMAN FIELD (5LL0) RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  WITNESS STATED HEARING AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE "SPUTTER" THEN "REV" LOSING SIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE BEHIND TREES.  THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO CLOSE ACCIDENT REPORT NUMBER CEN09FA466.

## 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 CEN09LA466](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA466), Jul 25, 2009: Luscombe 8C (N37080), Mount Carmel, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The reason for this accident was not determined.

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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