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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscombe 8A · Midland, TX · September 21, 2013

Date
September 21, 2013 · 13:57 local
Place
Midland, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72087
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total125 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 21, 2013, at 1400, a Luscombe 8A, bearing registration number N72087, on roll out the airplane ground looped on runway 16R at Midland international airport due to the change of wind direction. The aircraft was operated by privacy data omitted on a part 91 flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft only had minor damage, and the pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Midland international airport at 1300 on September 21, 2013.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2013, AT 1400, A LUSCOMBE 8A, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N72087, ON ROLL OUT THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED ON RUNWAY 16R AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO THE CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT ONLY HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1300 ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2013.

Other reports on N72087 · 1

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