# Accident 20140623010499A: Luscombe 8A, Tucson, AZ, June 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2014, 09:45 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1094° N, 110.9378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1094&lon=-110.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77917, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77917) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 99 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140623010499A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 23, 2014, MISS. AIRMAN WAS OPERATING N77917 A 1946 LUSCOMBE 8A WHILE DEPARTING KRYN DURING HER (FIRST) CROSS COUNTRY SOLO.  AFTER RECEIVING INSTRUCTION AT KRYN, AIRMAN STATED THAT WHILE SHE WAS TAXIING ON RUNWAY 33 SHE WENT TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 6R SHE APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE (HEEL BRAKES) AND HER FOOT BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE PEDALS AND WAS JAMMED IN THE BRAKE PEDALS WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLLOVER ON ITS BACK.  AIRMAN, SELF-EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  N77917 SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS STRUCTURE IN ADDITION TO MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS FUSELAGE.

## 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 WPR14CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA266), Jun 23, 2014: Luscombe 8A (N77917), Tucson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's use of excessive brakes during taxi, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control.

## Other reports on N77917 (1)

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

- [Incident 19951202041649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951202041649I), Dec 2, 1995: Luscom 8A (N77917), Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: on December 2, 1995, at approximately 0850 MST, private pilot, Mr. Harry m. christensen, pilot in command of N77917, a Luscombe 8A, after landing on…

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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