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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscombe 8A · Tucson, AZ · February 9, 2014

Date
February 9, 2014 · 10:24 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan Airfield
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72097
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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.

Pilot lost directional control on landing roll on rwy 6L. Aircraft struck a taxiway sign and came to rest south of runway 6L, west of taxiway delta in the infield.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL ON RWY 6L. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN AND CAME TO REST SOUTH OF RUNWAY 6L, WEST OF TAXIWAY DELTA IN THE INFIELD.